Famous US Trials

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• What was the central constitutional issue in the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925?
• Why was the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti especially controversial?
• What was the principal legal question in the trial of the Chicago Seven?
• What was a major reason the prosecution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg became an international controversy?
• Match each famous US trial with the legal issue most closely associated with it.
• Match each trial with its principal outcome.
• Match each case with the figure most directly associated with the prosecution or defense.
• Match each trial with the feature that made it particularly notable in US legal history.