USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Although Sacco and Vanzetti were never implicated in acts of violence, they were Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists. Their trials for armed robbery and murder occurred in this atmosphere of social tension and turmoil.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nicola Sacco was born in Southern Italy in 1891. He arrived in the United States in 1908. Sacco worked as a skilled craftsman at several shoe factories. At the time of his arrest, Sacco and his wife, Rosina, had one son, Dante, and were expecting a second child.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sacco and Vanzetti, Anarchists They had both come to the United States from Italy in 1908 and settled in Massachusetts. Both subscribed to Galleani’s radical newspaper. Both were followers of Galleani and passionately believed in the principles of the anarchist movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vanzetti and Sacco meet in Boston at a meeting of Galleanist Anarchists. One week later they depart for Mexico with other Italian anarchists to avoid conscription. Sacco and Vanzetti return to the United States.