Ku Klux Klan Quiz - 60 Trivia Questions!

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Explore the history and legacy of the Ku Klux Klan, a notorious white supremacist organization, with this quiz that delves into its origins, ideology, and the struggle against racial terror in America.

Who was convicted of the murder of Vernon Dahmer in Mississippi in 1998?

Robert Bowers
Samuel Bowers
Charles E. Wright
James Edwards

Which Ku Klux Klansman was convicted of the 1964 murder of Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore?

David Hunter
David Lewis
James Ford Seale
Robert F. Kennedy

Who became the leader of the Ku Klux Klan in 1923?

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hiram Wesley Evans
Charles E. Schultz
Martin Luther King Jr.

Which US congressman introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1871?

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Charles Dickens

What was the name of the first NAACP member to be lynched for civil rights activities?

John Lewis
James Harnett
Theodore Roosevelt
Elbert Williams

What was the name of the KKK member who was executed for the murder of Michael Donald in Alabama in 1997?

Michael Donald
John Michael McFee
George Washington
Henry Francis Hays

Which American folklorist and author infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan?

John Keating
Robert E. Howard
Charles Dickens
Stetson Kennedy

In a 1926 cartoon, the Ku Klux Klan chased the Catholic Church, personified by whom, from the shores of America?

God
St. Augustine
Saint Paul
St. Patrick

What was the name of the Detroit-raised mother of five who was murdered in Alabama in 1965?

Nancy
Betty White
Patricia Liuzzo
Viola Liuzzo

What was the name of the couple killed in a Christmas Eve bombing in Mims, Florida in 1951?

George and Janet Moore
George and Marie Moore
Harry and Mary Moore
Harry and Harriette Moore

Which KKK member was convicted of the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964?

James Dean
James Brown
Robert Johnson
Edgar Ray Killen

What was the name of the online bulletin board founded by Don Black and Chloe Hardin in 1995?

AIM
The Internet Archive
The Internet
Stormfront

In which country was the Ku Klux Klan founded in 1874?

Fiji
South Africa
Canada
South America

In which US state did the Ku Klux Klan kill over 150 African-Americans?

Florida
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia

In which US state did William Woods Holden call out the state militia against the Ku Klux Klan in 1870?

Virginia
New Mexico
North Carolina
Alabama

Who was the Confederate general who developed the Prescript, which espoused white supremacist belief?

Jefferson Davis
Theodore Roosevelt
George Gordon
Theodore Parker

Thomas Robb is the national director of which organisation?

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
National Organization for the Reform of the White Race
Blacks in Britain
National Rifle Association

In which US state did the Ku Klux Klan kill over 2,000 people prior to the 1868 Presidential election?

Alabama
Louisiana
South Carolina
Tennessee

Who was the prominent Protestant minister who spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan?

Lutheran ministers
George Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reinhold Niebuhr

In which US state did racial encounters between white and black teachers occur?

Alabama
Mississippi
New York
Virginia

Which US President was threatened by the KKK on the day he took office in 1869?

President Johnson
President Jackson
President Lincoln
President Grant

Who was the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1950 to 1959?

Eldon Edwards
Theodore Roosevelt
John Lewis
John F. Kennedy

Which Alabama newspaper won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for its campaign against the Ku Klux Klan?

Atlanta Journal
Huntsville Gazette
Daily Alabama News
Montgomery Advertiser

Who wrote 'Invisible Empire: The Story of the Ku Klux Klan, 1866-1871'?

Michael O. Wilson
Stanley F. Horn
John S. McKay
James E. Wilson

Who was the police chief of Birmingham, Alabama, during the civil rights movement?

Jim Crow laws
Martin Luther King
Bull Connor
Jim Crow

What civil rights organization sued the Ku Klux Klan for millions of dollars?

National Civil Rights Museum
Civil Rights Institute
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Poverty Law Center

Who was the head of the FBI in the 1960's?

The White House
John F. Kennedy
William C. Seib
J. Edgar Hoover

The Ku Klux Klan was inspired by which 1915 silent film?

A Night at the Museum
The Last of the Mohicans
The Color Purple
The Birth of a Nation

In which US city did the KKK kill a white couple in 'Lovers Lane' in March 1940?

Los Angeles
Detroit
Atlanta
San Francisco

Which Australian politician was a member of the Ku Klux Klan?

Michael Doyle
Peter Costello
John Howard
Peter Coleman

What name is given to several historical and current American white supremacist, far right-wing terrorist, and hate groups?

Ku Klux Klan
The Nation
The NRA
White Nationalists

In which US city were four elderly black women shot and killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1980?

Chattanooga
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Minneapolis

In 1971, the KKK used bombs to destroy 10 school buses in Pontiac, in which US state?

Wisconsin
New York
Michigan
Tennessee

Who was the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan?

James Harker
Theodore Roosevelt
James Buchanan
Nathan Bedford Forrest

In which American city did the Ku Klux Klan grow most prominently in the 1920's?

Atlanta
Chicago
Detroit
New York

In which US city did the Ku Klux Klan whip 68 people by the riverbed in 1922?

Dallas
New York
San Francisco
Chicago

What colour is the distinctive costume of the Ku Klux Klan?

Black
White
Blue and red
Red

The Ku Klux Klan was a political force in which US state?

Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Missouri

The Ku Klux Klan's resurgence in the 1920s was aided by what?

Civil rights
The Civil War
Blacks' increased political power
Prohibition

What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan?

Blacks' freedom
White supremacy
Blacks to be treated equally
Civil rights

In which American city did the Ku Klux Klan rise to power in the 1920's?

Minneapolis
Worcester
Atlanta
Detroit

Which US Supreme Court Justice was a member of the Ku Klux Klan?

John Roberts
Hugo Black
Robert Kennedy
Robert Bork

In 1924, the KKK scheduled a regional meeting at which university in South Bend, Indiana, USA?

University of Southern California
University of Michigan
Notre Dame
Southern Illinois University

Which far-right organisation was founded by Confederate soldiers in the late 1860s?

The National Guard
The Klan
The Ku Klux Klan
The American Civil War Memorial Association

What Protestant religion was the majority of members of the Ku Klux Klan?

White
Baptists
Southern Baptists
Southern

The Ku Klux Klan was a military force serving the interests of which political party?

Republican party
Nationalist party
Democratic party
Conservatives

"In which academic publication did Michael Lewis and Jacqueline Serbu write ""Kommemorating the Ku Klux Klan""?"

International Studies
American Politics and Policy
History Today
Sociological Quarterly

What political party does the Ku Klux Klan belong to?

Democrats
Conservatives
Republican
Republicans

Who founded the Ku Klux Klan at Rhodes University in the 1960s?

Terry Venables
John Lewis
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy

D.C. Stephenson was the grand dragon of which organisation?

The Grand Dragon
White nationalists
Black Power
Indiana Klan

The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1924 in which country?

Mexico
Canada
The USA
United States

Who was the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1930's?

George Washington
James A. Colescott
James J. Moore
James K. Rankin

The Ku Klux Klan was founded in the wake of which war?

World War I
World War II
American Civil War

What is the name of the hate group that emerged in the USA in 1950?

KKK
The Nation
white nationalist
The whites

What Protestant denomination condoned the Ku Klux Klan?

Pentecostal
Southern Baptist
Southern Pentecostal
Lutheran

Who was the original leader of the Ku Klux Klan?

John Brown
Martin Luther King, Jr.
White slavery
Roy Davis

In which two US states did armed guerrilla warfare kill thousands of black people?

South Carolina and Tennessee
Mississippi and Tennessee
Tennessee and Mississippi
North and South Carolina

In which US city did the Ku Klux Klan bomb houses in the late 1940s?

Birmingham
Detroit
Chicago
Pittsburgh

In which US city was the Ku Klux Klan founded in 1867?

Los Angeles, California
Washington, D.C.
Detroit, Michigan
Nashville, Tennessee

‘The Fiery Cross of Old Scotland’s Hills’ is the first line of which novel by Arthur I. Keller?

The Last Days of the Scottish Highlands
The Old Man and the Sea
The Clansman
The Great Expectations
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