Question

Which of these BEST states how the Ku Klux Klan felt about women during the 1920s? A) The Klan disliked all women. B) The Klan respected all women. C) The Klan actively recruited woman as members. D) The Klan disliked modern women, but respected traditional women.

Answer 1

Answer: D) The Klan disliked modern women, but respected traditional women.

Explanation: Modern women were more likely than ever to smoke and drink in public, and for the first time were portrayed by mass media as sexual beings. Klan members believed in protecting the purity of white Protestant “womanhood”, as they called it. They also supported the women's suffrage movement, since they felt traditional women could help restore and preserve morality by voting for Klan ideas and political candidates.

Answer 2

D) The Klan disliked modern women, but respected traditional women.