During the Red Scare of 1919, the attorney general of the United States
A) staunchly defended the civil rights of those who had been accused of being communists.
B) used military force against Indians who attempted to seize land they claimed belonged to them.
C) defended the actions of Ku Klux Klan members because of their commitment to traditional American principles.
D) violated the rights of many radicals.

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During the Red Scare of 1919, the Attorney General of the United States, A. Mitchell Palmer, and his assistant, J. Edgar Hoover, led a series of raids against suspected radicals and communists, often violating their civil rights through arrests without warrants and deportations without proper legal procedures. This period is marked by a significant infringement on the rights of those accused of being communists or radicals.