WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
RISE OF NATIVISM
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Question
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the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
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the verdict in the Scopes trial
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the Teapot dome scandal
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the stock market class
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -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.