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“This Is Not a Catholic Nation”: The Ku Klux Klan Confronts Franco-Americans in Maine

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During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan expanded to the northeastern United States, where it confronted Franco-American Catholics throughout Maine. In response, this ethnic population modeled an appropriate resistance to the KKK's unyielding message of Americanism and nativism, helping to precipitate the demise of this reactionary mass movement.
Title: “This Is Not a Catholic Nation”: The Ku Klux Klan Confronts Franco-Americans in Maine
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During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan expanded to the northeastern United States, where it confronted Franco-American Catholics throughout Maine.
In response, this ethnic population modeled an appropriate resistance to the KKK's unyielding message of Americanism and nativism, helping to precipitate the demise of this reactionary mass movement.

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