Webster Thayer

Meghan Hyer Mrs. Virginia Brown English 11 Honors 10 April 2024 The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti Life was easy for an immigrant during the 1920s. All immigrants had to do included simply assimilate into White culture, speak English, follow the laws, cause no harm, work hard and long hours, don’t complain, respect superiors, adopt White customs, promote democracy, and support the United States. Easy, right? Especially coming from a foreign country that functions completely differently. However,…

In 1921, two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, allegedly murdered a payroll guard and a paymaster during a payroll heist in Braintree, MA. Sacco, a thirty two year old shoemaker, and Vanzetti, a twenty nine year old fish peddler, both with immigrant backgrounds. The accusation of these two men seemed rather racist on the court's behalf due to the lack of evidence. People believed the men received unfair bias from the court due to where Sacco and Vanzetti came from.…

Government Defunding of Planned Parenthood Abortions “As a nation, we gamble with the lives of those who do not yet have a voice to defend themselves for the sake of allowing women to escape the consequences of their previous decisions by removing every possible future decision from the children dependent on their bodies for growth and development” (Waltman). Everyday Planned Parenthood performs abortions funded by the government. The government funding of abortions needs to stop. With the…

“You better not be on that phone unless all of your homework is done.” The line I hear from my parents on a weekly basis. Although I’ve really only been taking a brief intermission from my calculus homework and APUSH outlining, to them a minute spent not being productive is a minute wasted. All parents have different perspectives on how much to intervene in the academic and personal lives of their children, but my parents have a unique position— they don’t want the personal lives of me and my…

Influence of racism on rise of New York Mafia Racism was a clear issue in United States, as seen through organizations like the KKK in the south and the new restrictions on immigration policies. It impacted situations and economic lifestyle of immigrant individuals and families. LaGuimina and Cavaioli explain that this way of thinking stemmed from The Dillingham Commission Report of 1910 and the Report of the House Immigration Committee in 1922. He stated that it was instrumental in fostering…

Vanzetti were, later on, caught in a street car and arrested. Boda escaped and the fourth one, Orciani, was arrested the next day. Now onto the trail. which was May 21, 1921. It took place in Dedham, Norfolk county. The judge of the trial was Webster Thayer of Worcester. Sacco and Vanzetti didn’t know much english, but the defendants brought their own interpreters. The trial lasted about seven weeks. On July 14, 1921, Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty for first degree murder. Now lets get…

The jove atmosphere of the “Roaring Twenties” first cracked in 1918 when a bout of paranoia, originally provoked by the success of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917, turned into mass hysteria, as the American people came to believe that a communist takeover was imminent. A grim reminder of years past, the “Red Scare” justified the employment of such repressive laws, and did so at the expense of the American people, who had become accustomed to losing their civil liberties during times…

Sacco and Vanzetti In the afternoon of April 15, 1920, a paymaster and guard in South Braintree, Massachusetts, carrying a factory payroll to an armored car, were shot and killed by two assailants. The killers grabbed the cash boxes and jumped into a nearby automobile, where two or three accomplices were waiting. The vehicle sped away, evading the police who gave chase. Local newspapers treated the event as just another brutal murder/robbery, so common in the post-World War I period. Three…