THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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Question
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These two Italian immigrants were wrongly convicted of murdering a man in the 1920’s. The evidence that had been collected by police did not support convicting these two men, and the evidence actually pointed away from the two. What were the names of these two men?
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Mario and Luigi
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O’Reilly and Sansom
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Lenin and De Gaulle
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The main physical evidence connecting Sacco and Vanzetti to the crime was the guns in their possession when they were arrested. The prosecutors claimed that Vanzetti’s gun belonged to one of the victims and that Vanzetti had stolen it from him.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The trial lasted nearly seven weeks, and on July 14, 1921, Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty of murder in the first degree.
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