What did the Sacco-Vanzetti case highlight about American society in the 1920s?

A. the declining popularity of the Second Ku Klux Klan

B. the emerging debate about teaching evolution in schools

C. an increasing acceptance of diversity in rural areas

D. a growing sense of fear and anxiety over rising immigration

the answer is D

The correct answer is D. The Sacco-Vanzetti case highlighted a growing sense of fear and anxiety over rising immigration.

Explanation:

Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian anarchists who had immigrated to the United States. Ferdinando Nicola Sacco was born April 22, 1891 in Torremaggiore, Italy and worked as a shoemaker. Bartolomeo Vanzetti was born June 11, 1888 in Villafalletto, Italy and worked as a fish salesman. They were executed in the electric chair on August 22, 1927.

They were sentenced to death in 1921 for the murder and robbery against a salary transfer in the state of Massachusetts in April 1920, killing the factory treasurer and a security guard. The trial attracted much attention, and the verdict led to widespread protests worldwide. Among those protesting the verdict was Albert Einstein, H. G. Wells, Woody Guthrie and George Bernard Shaw, and in Boston, 250,000 people participated in a silent protest march. It was considered that Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent and that the verdict was due to xenophobia and the unpopular political views of the convicted.

The execution of the judgment was postponed several times. It also emerged that the so-called Morelli gang was behind the robbery, but the judge refused to reopen the case. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in the electric chair on August 22, 1927.