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
What are 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
What are white robes and hoods?
The type of people Minstrel shows mocked
Who are black people?
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
Inferior, threatened
What the KKK stood for
What is "White Supremacy"?
These type of people painted themselves as black for theses shows
Who are white people?
The number of americans who watch the movie in its first 30 years of release
How much is 200 million?
The film represents black people as ___ ___.
uncivilized predators
The estimated amount of members in the KKK during this time
How "The Birth of a Nation" and Minstrel Shows served useful to the Klan
What is propaganda?
The movie's release date (month, date, year)
When was 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)
Where is Atlanta, Georgia?
The place the KKK first started in (city and state)
Where is Pulaski, Tennessee?