Though the evidence against them was questionable, the prejudices of the era as well as nativists attitudes towards immigrants led Americans, including the jury, to assume they were guilty. Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty and sentenced to death. read more
After the decline of the national organization, small independent groups adopted the name "Ku Klux Klan," along with variations. They had no formal connection to the second KKK, except for the fact that they copied its terminology and costumes. read more
The Klan went into a steep decline and within a year of the trial, the membership of the Indiana Klan had shrunk from 350,000 to a mere 15,000. Throughout the United States, the Ku Klux Klan was reviled and abandoned. read more