Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of History
First Advisor
Tim Garrison
Date of Publication
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in History
Department
History
Language
English
Subjects
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History -- 20th century, Compulsory education -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century, Catholics -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century
DOI
10.15760/etd.6036
Physical Description
1 online resource (131 p.)
Abstract
The early 1920s are generally described as a period of transition for American society. Many forces of change collided to create an unsettled atmosphere that appeared to threaten traditional American ideas and values. After World War I, the United States fostered a climate of anti-Catholicism and nativism out of fear that foreign ideas spelled the demise of traditional American values. These ideas were certainly not new to American culture as anti-Catholic sentiments figured prominently throughout the founding of the nation. During the early 1920s, however, a resurrected Ku Klux Klan promoted itself as the protector of American institutions. It won recruits with an identity as a secret society for white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant citizens. The organization also exploited the political issues of the day to ingratiate itself within communities across the nation.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/23864
Recommended Citation
Saks, Catherine Marie, ""Real Americanism" : resistance to the Oregon Compulsory School Bill, 1920-1925" (2010). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4164.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6036
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