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The KKK originally formed in 1865. The KKK arose again in the 1920's because of the rise of immigrants coming to America. The second KKK was founded in 1915 by William J. Simmons.

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On August 8, 1925 up to 50,000 members of the Klu Klux Klan marched in Washington D.C. Many participants walked unmasked because they did not feel the need to hide their faces because there were many others like them.With more immigrants coming to America it triggered the KKK members because they felt like they were taking away their country. After World War one Americans wanted to "return to normalcy" and the KKK re-arose during this time.

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The main view of the KKK was that the white race was the superior race and to keep the ideology of "Americanism", pledging loyalty to the US and to keep their traditions. Besides actively hating on African Americans, their hate expanded onto immigrants, Catholics, and Jewish people. The wave of "new immigrants" was due to the rise of immigration thanks to industrialization and urbanization. This also introduced "xenophobia", which was the fear of foreigners or strangers. At its peak in the 1920's, Klan membership exceeded 4 million people nationwide.

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Many African Americans were being lynched by the KKK. An anti-lynching bill was proposed to help protect African Americans from this hate crime in 1922, but was halted by a Southern Democratic filibuster in the U.S Senate.

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The Johnson-Reed Act was signed in order to limit the amount of immigrants who entered the US with a visa, and it totally excluded every immigrant from Asia. It also made immigrants over 16 pass a reading comprehension test. Also made the new immigrants to pay a higher tax when they were to enter.Only 50 Filipinos were allowed in the U.S a year.