Italian-immigrants, Sacco and Vanzetti, arrived to the United States in 1908. During the early 20th century, Italian-Americans were frowned upon and were strongly stereotyped. The group of Italians who immigrated to the United States were …show more content…
Being poor in their homeland meant even tougher times once they arrived to the United States. As a result of their poor status, Italians settled in the cities nearest Ellis Island where they went through like New York City and Boston. Italian immigrants were often uneducated, therefore not speaking English. Not being able to speak the language of the country which you live in makes it very grueling to try to get a decent job. So, many of the Italians took the worst jobs in the cities. Many communities formed in New York of the Italians who all lived together creating what many refer to as “Little Italy” (Benson). Thus, the unfortunate stereotype of the Italian-born immigrants of poor, lower class, violent, etc. Americans took these stereotypes to heart and applied them often. So, the public probably was not shocked when they saw two Italians with poor reputations being taken into custody for two murders and over $15,000 stolen in the process. After all, Anarchists had been behind many bombings and violent activities in the past year (Sacco and Vanzetti had the stereotypes that they were poor and possibly criminals did not