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we believe that the people are greater than any foreign - power or potentate, prince or prelate, and that no other allegiance in american should be tolerated.
we believe that the perpetuity of our nation rests upon the solidarity and purity of our native - born, white, gentile, protestant men and women.
we believe that under god, the women of the ku klux klan is a militant body of american free - women by whom these principals shall be maintained, our racial purity preserved, our homes and children protected, our happiness insured, and the prosperity of our community, our state and our nation guaranteed against usurpation, disloyalty and selfish exploitation.
women of the ku klux klan, america for americans: creed of klanswomen / as interpreted by the women of the ku klux klan, 192 -?. beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university.

1. who are the members of the wkkk? what are their goals?
2. how would you summarize the beliefs of klanswomen? how do they justify these hateful opinions?
3. who does the wkkk view as the enemy? what and who do they fear?
4. based on this document, how do wkkk members view immigrants? african americans?
5. what does the author mean when they describe “emancipated women”?
6. the wkkk’s headquarters were in the south, but the organization had members in every state. why is this significant?

Explanation:

1. Members of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) are native - born, white, Gentile, Protestant women. Their goals include maintaining racial purity, protecting homes and children, and ensuring the prosperity of America while upholding their extreme nationalist and racist beliefs.
2. Their beliefs center around white - supremacy, extreme nationalism, and anti - immigration and anti - non - Protestant views. They justify these through a warped sense of American exceptionalism and a false idea that racial purity is key to national success.
3. The WKKK views non - native born, non - white, Jewish, non - Protestant people, as well as foreign governments, leaders, and religions as enemies. They fear losing their perceived racial and cultural dominance.
4. Based on the document, WKKK members likely view immigrants and African Americans as threats to their ideal of racial purity and American prosperity.
5. The term "emancipated women" in this context likely refers to women who deviate from the WKKK's traditional, conservative views of womanhood, possibly those who are more independent or who support social changes that the WKKK opposes.
6. The fact that the WKKK had a southern headquarters but members in every state shows the spread of their ideology across the nation, indicating a widespread presence of their extreme and hateful beliefs.

Answer:

1. Members are native - born, white, Gentile, Protestant women. Goals are maintaining racial purity, protecting homes/children, and ensuring American prosperity.
2. Beliefs are white - supremacy, extreme nationalism, anti - non - native/non - white/non - Protestant. Justified by false ideas of American exceptionalism and racial purity.
3. Enemies are non - native born, non - white, Jewish, non - Protestant people, foreign entities. Fear losing racial/cultural dominance.
4. View immigrants and African Americans as threats to racial purity and prosperity.
5. Likely means women who deviate from traditional WKKK views of womanhood.
6. Shows the spread of their extreme ideology across the nation.