Civil War and the Klan
Words: 717 Pages: 2 4069This essay will examine gender during the Progressive Era. The Progressive Era was a time when political reform and social activism cogitated on racist and sexist views in the United States during the early 19th century. “Gender and sexuality were compelling symbols in the two largest waves of the Ku Klux Klan, those of the 1860s and 1920s”. Although the Klan from the post-Civil War and the Klan from the early twentieth century had different agendas for citing violence, they […]
