A) How did xenophobia (the fear of outsiders/foreigners/immigrants) prejudice against immigrants, and Sacco and Vanzetti’s political beliefs influence the trial?
B) Why was the state (police, prosecutors, judge) determined to pin Sacco and Vanzetti with these crimes? And how was Judge Webster Thayer himself prejudiced and unfair? Was their ethnicity the main factor behind Webster Thayer– a notoriously and openly prejudiced, powerful judge.
Write a thesis and SELECT 2 QUOTES or combination of quote and paraphrase) THAT YOU FIND SIGNIFICANT OT THAT ILLUSTRATES YOUR IDEAS ABOUT THE TRIAL. BREAK IT DOWN, EXPLAIN ITS RELEVENCE AND WHY YOU SELECTED the quote.
