The Klansmen were from every economic social class, but the leaders would usually be from the elite Lepech 2professional class (Trelease). ... The new KKK movement added anti-nativism, anti-Catholicism, and anti-Semitic views to the black hatred of the first group and also attacked the issues of birth control, Darwinism, pacifism, and the repeal of prohibition (Benet's; Columbia). It also drew members from all social classes but mainly the lower middle class (Trelease). ... The " Catholics and Jews that were rising in their economic social order" made the KKK feel threatened and caused th...

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