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Material:
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Exploring Constitutional Law
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| Submitted by: |
William Paquette on Aug 04, 2009 |
| Date Last Modified: |
Aug 04, 2009 |
| Title: |
The Hauptmann Trial |
| Description: |
German Richard Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. He never confessed to the crime. Was he guilty? This site explores this issue. |
| Type of Task: |
Individual,
Student-centered,
Supplemental Activity,
Unsupervised
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| Time Required |
3-4 hours. |
| Topics: |
Charles Lindbergh; Richard Bruno Hauptmann; Anti-Germanism. |
| Audience: |
College General Ed,
College Lower Division,
High School
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| Prerequisites Skills: |
None. |
| Learning Objectives: |
To determine whether a German immigrant received a fair trail during the 1930s when there was anti-German/anti-Hitler feelings across the nation. |
| Technical Notes: |
None. |
| Text of Learning Exercise: |
Instructions: CLICK "go to material." SCROLL down to the bottom of the page. CLICK "Famous Trials." CLICK "Hauptmann Trial." READ "Trial Account." Answer the following questions: 1. Who were Charles Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh, Jr.?, 2. What was the crime?, 3. Why did it take two years to arrest someone?, 4. Who was Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf and what was his role in the investigation?, 5. Who was Richard Bruno Hauptmann?, 6. On what evidence was he arrested?, 7. Who were Violet Sharpe, Dr. John Condon, and Isidor Fisch and what roles did they play in the trial?, 8. What was the basis for Hauptmann's conviction?, 9. On what grounds was the case appealed?, 10. Was Hauptmann guilty?, 11. Why didn't Hauptmann ever confess? 12. Did he get a fair trial or was American influenced by anti-German feeling?, 13. Was Hauptmann guilty? |
| Assessment: |
Paper. |
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