Red+Scare+and+Rebirth+of+KKK

__ Rebirth of the KKK __



__ The Red Scare __

__ Positive Effects on Immigration __
 * Reds are communist, socialist, and are to the far left of the political spectrum
 * The Red Scare took place from 1918-1920
 * The Reds were European immigrants
 * Radical Reds mailed out bombs to several important political figures including Attorney General Mitchell Palmer
 * Palmer later led the “Palmer Raids”
 * The Palmer Raids led to the unconstitutional deportation of almost 600 immigrants
 * Many of the 600 immigrants were not given lawyers at their deportation trails


 * If you didn’t support immigration in the early twentieth century and had racist tendencies, you may have considered the KKK and the Red Scare as a positive impact on immigration

__ Negative Effects on Immigration __


 * The KKK did what ever they could in their power to instill fear into US immigrants
 * The KKK sometimes used violence to scare and intimidate immigrants
 * KKK tactics might have scared some immigrants from coming to the US
 * Palmer racially profiled many immigrants and unconstitutionally deported about 600 immigrants
 * US Government treatment of some immigrants may have kept some people from moving to the US
 * The KKK and the Palmer raids made the United States' government and citizens of the United States look poorly to the rest of world

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