The answer is the Klu Klux Klan. They still are active today, but not as much. Hope this helped! Good luck!
To grow larger and more powerful. They didn't have to pay people to work so they were able to keep to money and continue to buy more land and grow.
This was a mixture of things.
The increase in population from soldiers and influx of immigrants caused the need for more food to be produced and more jobs to be demanded. So farmers started over producing which led to the Dust Bowl and, eventually, the Great Depression.
The original meaning of the word philosophy comes froms the greek roots philo meaning "Love" and sophos, or "Wisdom".