Multiple choice

What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids?

  1. to find and deport illegal immigrants

  2. to break the power of the Ku Klux Klan

  3. to identify and punish suspected communists

  4. to undermine the Civil Rights movement

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Palmer Raids were a series of government actions in 1919 and 1920, led by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, to arrest and deport suspected radical leftists and communists during the First Red Scare.