1. Immigration and KKK

2. Immigration Act of 1924  National origins quota  Immigration visas to 2% of the total number of each nationality in US  1890 national census  No Asian immigration  Before “new immigrant” wave  No limit on Western hemisphere immigration  1900-1915 – 13 million immigrants  Now only 150,000 per year

4. KKK Revival  KKK History  Founded in 1866 by ex-Confederate soldiers  Anti-Reconstruction  “Invisible Empire”  Terror tactics to intimidate former slaves  Lynching, burning houses and businesses  If any African American became “too” successful the Klan would try to keep African Americans in what they viewed as their place.

5. “New KKK”  “100% Americanism”  Native-born, white Protestants  Still anti- African American  Added Anti Catholic, Jewish, immigration  Great Migration  Immigration  WWI and Red Scare

7.  Supported prohibition, fundamentalism and a return to a simpler life  Members were not just poor Southern whites anymore  Now professionals like lawyers, doctors, business owners  Estimates of 3 to 4 million members  Elected 16 US Senators  Claimed to control 24 of 48 state legislatures

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