THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S
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Question
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Explain the Sacco and Vanzetti case and why it was important.
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An Italian case about men who owed the U.S. money and it showed how much people were hurting during the Great Depression.
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Two men who were wrongly sentenced to die by the courts and it showed how immigrants were hated during the twenties.
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Two immigrants were accused but acquitted, showed how America had a fair court system.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with committing robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree. On the afternoon of April 15, 1920, payroll clerk Frederick Parmenter and security guard Alessandro Berardelli were shot to death and robbed of over $15, 000 in cash.
Detailed explanation-2: -About three weeks later, Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with the crime. Their trial aroused intense controversy because it was widely believed that the evidence against the men was flimsy, and that they were being prosecuted for their immigrant background and their radical political beliefs.
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