What Does the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti Tell Us

question 34

Multiple Choice

What does the case of Sacco and Vanzetti tell us about America in the early 1920s?

• A) Communism was widespread in America, and justice officials acted quickly to stop it.
• B) Many felt their conviction and execution had more to do with xenophobia than legal evidence that they had been involved in a crime.
• C) Black men were treated very poorly in the American justice system.
• D) Blacks were the primary ethnic group who suffered discrimination in the 1920s.

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