Was the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's an Extremist Movement? <Tab/>The Klan of the 1920's, founded by William J. Simmons, for five years, only consisted of 4,000 to 5,000 members. On June 7, 1920, Simmons signed a contract with two intelligent salespersons. Edward Clark and Elizabeth Tayler. The Klan campaign yielded an immediate success. Total membership figures too difficult to state, ranked somewhere between three and five million people. Did the Klan show …showed first 75 words of 371 total…

…showed last 75 words of 371 total…because greed affected the Klan, because moral hypocrisy deteriorated it, and because the expenses purged, the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's fell. The actions of this organization still haunt history. The KKK - hateful, religious, anonymous - has a reputation as an extremist movement. In opinion, the group wanted their points heard more, and they did not care who or what they had to hurt. KKK held many mutual characteristics with other extremist movements.