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•  April 1, 2014

• RAW: • What did people do for fun in

the 1920’s?

• AIM 53 • What was

the importance of the Sacco &

Vanzetti case?

I What is nativism? • Fear of immigrants. • The belief that American citizens are better than immigrants.

• The KKK

• The theory of Communism may be summed up in one

sentence: Abolish all private property.

• --Karl Marx

• Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The

proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They

have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries,

unite! • --Karl Marx

II. The Red Scare • During the 1920s Americans fear a

Communist or Anarchist takeover. • Fours years after the overthrow

of the Russian government by Communists.

• Most Communists and Anarchists were immigrants

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• Communism: Property and goods belong to the state.

• Anarchy: no government. A Utopia????

• Representative Democracy: the people are the government**

• Some anarchists resort to violence.

• Most anarchists are immigrants.

III. The Sacco & Vanzetti Case •  A robbery ($16,000) & two murders in Braintree, Mass 1920

•  2 Italian Immigrants arrested and charged •  They were draft dodgers, anarchists, & poor in the English language

•  There was a huge nativist attitude in America--Why?

• Cries for Sacco & Vanzetti could be heard throughout America & the world

• Both were sent to the electric chair

• Prejudice against Italians and fear of anarchy leads to conviction.

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