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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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