Sacco And Vanzetti Case Study

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which swept the nation. The Fear of communism (also known as the Red Scare), in 1919 there were labour grievances along with bombings which was seen as a result of Communist Russia influences and a brief revolt in Hungary which built to the fear that America may be on a verge of a revolution. In 1919 to 1920 America saw the prosecutions of thousands of suspected radicals and those proven foreigner were deported. This in turn created a belief and connection that chaos was a result of foreigners and radicalisms. Such connections are best represented in the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Two Italian men convicted guilty (July 1921) for the robbery and murder in Massachusetts. Their execution took place in August 1927. The fear of communism spread to

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