Sacco-Vanzetti Case
"While many Americans were enjoying economic prosperity during the 1920s, there was also increasing social conflicts." Assess the validity of this statement with reference to Ku Klux Klan, fundamentalism and Sacco and Vanzetti case.
Political and cultural debates divided Americans of the 1920s. Major issues of the decade reflected a split between urban and rural, modern and traditional, radical and reactionary. Nativist, anti-radical sentiments emerged in a 1921 trial, the Sacco-Vanzetti Case. Two anarchists, Italian immigrants, were accused, convicted, and sentenced to die of committing murder. Many believed that the men's immigrant origins and political beliefs played a part in their convictions, since all Italians and anarchists were against
Political and cultural debates divided Americans of the 1920s. Major issues of the decade reflected a split between urban and rural, modern and traditional, radical and reactionary. Nativist, anti-radical sentiments emerged in a 1921 trial, the Sacco-Vanzetti Case. Two anarchists, Italian immigrants, were accused, convicted, and sentenced to die of committing murder. Many believed that the men's immigrant origins and political beliefs played a part in their convictions, since all Italians and anarchists were against