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The period of "Coolidge Prosperity" in the 1920s saw a stark divide between the rich and the poor, with many U.S. families earning less than $2,000 annually. The economic prosperity was built on the backs of workers in industries like clothing, who suffered from changing fashions and job slashing due to technological advancements. The trial of immigrants Sacco and Vanzetti highlighted societal prejudices and raised questions about justice and what it means to receive a fair trial amid anti-immigrant sentiment. Their case remains a powerful symbol of inequality and discrimination.
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Swiss Cheese Notes!!! • The Alligator Effect • While the rich got richer with ______________, the poor got poorer & more _____________ • At the height of “Coolidge Prosperity” more than half of the U.S. families earned less than $_____________ per year • Yet another ________________ • Perils of Prosperity • - Workers in the clothing industry were hurt by changes in women’s fashions • *Shorter skirts = ________________________________ • - Coal miners faced hard times • *_________replaced ______________as the major source of energy • - ___________________slashed jobs • *Cars, trucks, roads & highways • Sacco & Vanzetti • - 2 __________________immigrants in Massachusetts • - Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested for robbery & murder in 1920 • - The 2 men admitted to being _____________but insisted they didn’t commit any crime • - A jury convicted them & they were sentenced to _____________________ • The trial was a symbol of __________________that swept the country • The case also raised issues of what it meant to receive a “_________________” • - An openly prejudice judge • - Limited _______________against both men • - Many thought they were convicted because they were immigrants • - ___________________go by of waiting in jail, then they are executed • *Many questioned the __________________________ • *Many saw it as a sign that the U.S. had to keep out dangerous _________________
