USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The anti-immigrant sentiment in America in the 1920s, exemplified by the case against Sacco and Vanzetti, provides a pertinent reminder of the power of nativism as an establishment faces threatening social changes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sacco and Vanzetti were anarchists, believing that social justice would come only through the destruction of governments. In the early 1920s, mainstream America developed a fear of communism and radical politics that resulted in an anti-communist, anti-immigrant hysteria.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sacco and Vanzetti trial in Massachusetts and the Scopes trial in Tennessee revealed many Americans’ fears and suspicions about immigrants, radical politics, and the ways in which new scientific theories might challenge traditional Christian beliefs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nativism led to increased harassment of immigrants, both by official governmental bodies and by individual groups. It also led to increased political oppression of people with certain political ideologies like anarchism or communism.