THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Nativism
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Increased racial tensions
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Racial prejudice
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Appellate rules in effect at the time denied the Supreme Judicial Court the authority to review the strength of the evidence presented at trial. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts executed Sacco and Vanzetti on August 23, 1927.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why were Sacco and Vanzetti most likely convicted? They were most likely to be convicted for being Italian immigrants and anarchists. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear? They responded with violence; Targeting blacks, Jews, union leaders, and Roman Catholics.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sacco and Vanzetti’s guilty verdict reflected the anti-immigrant and anti-radical attitude of American citizens, being sentenced to death only because they were anarchists & of the italian origin. Worldwide protests happened as a result.