How did the release of the film The Birth of a Nation impact whites in the U.S?
What will be an ideal response?
Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define the storyline of the film and its impact on blacks.
2. Explain that whites, particularly in the South, strongly approved of the film because of its negative stereotypes about blacks and Reconstruction.
3. Note that the Ku Klux Klan increased membership because of the film.
4. Explain that many whites reacted with violence against blacks after seeing the film.
5. Note that the film was shown at the White House by President Woodrow Wilson. Metro Goldwyn Mayer, the studio that made the film, gained enormous power in Hollywood because of the film.
6. Conclude that whites who wanted to expand segregation drew upon the film for inspiration and adherents.
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