Indiana Klan

=== Political agenda and rhetoric ===
The Klan's rhetoric was [[Anti-Catholicism|anti-Catholic]] and [[anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] in these years, as rapid expansion of industrial jobs in Indiana and other Midwestern states brought tens of thousands of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe. As these immigrants were mainly of Catholic or Jewish faith, the Klan alleged that they were behind secret plots to overthrow the government and exterminate [[Protestant]]s. Its lesser enemy, however, were African Americans. 
[[File:Women-of-the-Klan-Muncie-Indiana-1924.jpeg|thumb|Women of the Ku Klux Klan, Muncie, Indiana, 1924]]
The Indiana Klan stressed more social issues than racism, as it promised to uphold moral standards, help enforce Prohibition, and end political corruption. The Klan also publicly attacked adulterers, gamblers, and undisciplined youths.<ref name="madisom292">{{cite book|author=Madison, James H|title=The Indiana Way|year=1990|pages=292}}</ref> This moralistic focus attracted support from religious leaders, particularly those active in the [[Temperance movement in the United States|Temperance movement]]. [[Daisy Douglas Barr]], who had risen to political prominence through the successful campaign to ban alcohol in the city of Muncie nearly a decade earlier,<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Hoover |first=Dwight W. |date=1991 |title=Daisy Douglas Barr: From Quaker to Klan "Kluckeress" |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27791471 |journal=Indiana Magazine of History |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=171–195 |issn=0019-6673}}</ref> became a vocal supporter of the Indiana Klan. Appointed by Stephenson as Imperial Empress of the Klan in 1923,<ref name=":0" /> Barr's public persona was crucial to expanding the Klan's membership among women.

The Klan members wanted to end authorization for Catholic parochial schools, and remove all Catholic influence from public schools. The Klan was unable to attain either goal, but attained support for their agenda from key leaders.<ref name = madisom292/> [[Samuel Ralston]] delivered an anti-Catholic speech in 1922 which the Klan reproduced and spread across the state. With their support, he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1923.