Birth of a Nation: History
The book "The Birth of a Nation" was based off of
What was "The Clansman"?
How the KKK was presented in the movie
heroes
The Klan targeted anyone they saw as _____.
un-american
The name for KKK members
Who were the Klansmen?
Minstrel shows ___ black people, making a fool out of them.
mocked
The author of the book the movie was based on
Who was Thomas Dixon?
The villain of the movie
What is a congressman?
What kind of people did the Klan attack? (List 2 for full credit)
Blacks, Jews, Catholics, Immigrants
The KKK's wardrobe
white robes and hoods
Painted themselves black to mock African Americans during Minstrel Shows
White People
Director of "The Birth of a Nation"
Who was David Wark Griffith?
The person who saves the daughter
What is a Klansman?
The Klan's mission was to control people they viewed as ___ or ___ their version of American values (2 words)
Inferior, threatened
What the KKK stood for
White Supremacy
The year Minstrel shows were invented
1843
The number of americans who watch the movie in its first 30 years of release
200 million
The film represents black people as ___ ___. (2 words)
uncivilized predators
The estimated amount of members in the KKK during this time
4 million
How "The Birth of a Nation" and Minstrel Shows served useful to the Klan
What is propaganda?
Person who invented Minstrel Shows
Who was Thomas Dartmouth?
The movie's release date (month, date, year)
February 8th, 1915
How did people take "The Birth of a Nation"?
They took its contents as true history instead of biased history.
Where the KKK rose one again (city and state)
Atlanta, Georgia
The place the KKK first started in (city and state)
Pulaski, Tennessee?
Since people enjoyed watching the mockery of Black people, they were most likely to ___ the actions of the KKK.
support