Multiple choice

Which of the following best describes the significance of Sacco and Vanzetti?

  1. found guilty conspiring to assassinate the president

  2. fought for right to a lawyer during trial

  3. Communists whose murder conviction heightened the Red Scare

  4. found guilty and executed for espionage during Cold War
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists who were convicted of murder in a controversial trial. Their execution fueled debates about anti-immigrant sentiment and the Red Scare of the 1920s.

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