THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
SCOTTSBORO TRIALS
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The Scottsboro Boys’ trials showed the enormous degree of racial inequality that existed in the United States’ criminal justice system.
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The Scottsboro Boys’ trials were an unfortunate mistake made in U.S. history that have since been apologized for.
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The Scottsboro Boys’ trials proved that a new system of screening witnesses was necessary.
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The Scottsboro Boys’ trials showed how disorganized the criminal justice system was at the time and how far it has come since then.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: A. The Scottsboro Boys’ trials showed the enormous degree of racial inequality that existed in the United States’ criminal justice system. Explanation: While you included no text, A is the most likely answer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement best identifies the main idea or central idea of the text “The Scottsboro Boys?” The Scottsboro Boys’ trials were an unfortunate mistake made in U.S. history that have since been apologized for.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alabama (1935), the Supreme Court unanimously overturned another conviction on the grounds that African-Americans had been systematically excluded from jury pools, violating the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial as well as the Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection under the law.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers and young men, ages 13 to 20, accused in Alabama of raping two white women in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Scottsboro Boys were nine Black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women aboard a train near Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931.