100 Percent American: Primary Sources

Note: The resources in this collection were selected for educators to use to teach about the relationship between the Ku Klux Klan’s white supremacist ideas on immigration and the Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act). To use these resources responsibly, please view our teaching ideas, some of which are included in our Reflection Questions and Teaching Suggestions below.

The primary sources were culled from the collection of the Indiana State Library by Historian Jill Weiss Simins.

Learning Goal: 

The resources on this website can be used to:

  • Build an understanding of public messages about migration through U.S. history.
  • Inquire about the way public messages about migration influence how people think and act.
  • Identify patterns of prejudice and prepares students to assess whether available public stories about migration are reliable and representative.

Primary Source: Ku Klux Klan Voter Information Sheet

Primary Source: We are Loyal Klansman

Secondary Source: Notre Dame Versus the Ku Klux Klan

Primary Source: KKK Spreads Fear about Immigration

Primary Source: Political Cartoon, “Whose U.S. Is This Anyway?”

Primary Source: Ford Advertisement, Fiery Cross, 1923

Primary Source: 100 Percent American Advertisements, Fiery Cross

Primary Source: Political Cartoon, “Europe Take Notice,” Fiery Cross

Primary Source: Photo from the Fiery Cross

Primary Source: Women’s Klan Loyalty Pledge

Primary Source: Klan Pamphlet, “Americans, Take Heed!”

Primary Source: The Kloran