In the Mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan Gained Considerable Power

question 70

Multiple Choice

In the mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan gained considerable power by attacking

• A) big business.
• B) Catholics and Jews.
• C) foreigners.
• D) the federal government.
• E) adultery and birth control.

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