... secret by a central core of people. During the late 1880s to the early 1910s, people were getting worried about immigration. There was a massive amount of foreigners entering the country and the idea was that they would become Americans but instead of embracing their new culture, they clung to the ways of their old country. They clung together in communities with other people from the same country which made them stand out even more. They were mostly illiterate and unskilled which made some Americans worried about them taking their jobs and drive wages down as the new immigrants were willing to accept lower wages. It also looked like the government was doing nothing to stop the immigrants or at least prevent so many entering as millions of new people entered during this period. In 1915, the Klan was re-formed in Georgia by William Simmons, a Southern school teacher. The KKK was ...

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