 Unlike its earlier form, it was heavily represented among urban populations, especially in the Midwest.In response to a large number of mainly Catholic and Jewish immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, the Klan espoused an anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish stance, in addition to exercising the oppression of blacks.Members of mobs that participated in lynchings often took photographs of what they had done to their victims in order to spread awareness and fear of their power.