History Assignment
The assignment requires you to watch documentaries on the 1920s and Sacco and Vanzetti and discuss the economic and social conditions in the US after the First World War. Be sure to use what you learned from textbook Chapters 23 and 24.
Watch the following located through the Alexander Street/Academic Video Online database (in the Ellis Library Research Database section):
1.) America In the 20th Century: The Roaring Twenties, 27:36 mins
2.) True Story of Sacco and Vanzetti, 43:53 mins
Answer the following:
1.) Do you think that Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty? Why or why not?
2. Do you think they should have been executed? Why or why not?
3.) Why was it possible in post-WWI America for Sacco and Vanzetti to be treated as they were by their government and the justice system?
4.) What were the strengths and weaknesses in the US economy in the 1920s and why did it fail?
Use what you learned from the last Blackboard assignment (about civil rights and civil liberties and war) to help you answer these questions.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.