3a: Generating Keywords

RESEARCH QUESTION: How was the Ku Klux Klan able to assume and exert so much power in Colorado?

Ku Klux Klan:
Hooded Empire
Invisible Empire
Hooded Knights
Silent Brotherhood
White Knights
Heroes of America
Constitutional Union Guards

Assume:
Acquire
Adopt
Take on
Obtain
Garner
Claim
Seize
Take
Usurp
Commandeer

Exert:
Exercise
Maintain
Wield
Impose
Apply

Power:
Authority
Command
Control
Grip
Hold
Sway
Influence
Pull
Supremacy
Privilege
Jurisdiction
Predominance
Sovereignty

Colorado:
Denver
Centennial State
Rocky Mountain region


Ladder of generalization:
American terrorist organizations
Racist American terrorist groups
The Ku Klux Klan
The second era of the KKK
The second era of the KKK west of the Mississippi
The second era of the KKK in Colorado
The power of the KKK in Colorado
The power of the KKK in Colorado in the 1920s