Due Today: Chapter 19 Notes- hope you enjoyed your snow day :-)
Watch: The Innovators: The Men who Built America
- Discussion
- Review Chapter 19- Questions?
Your Day in Court: The Trial of Albert Parsons
Was Albert Parsons hanging justified?
- Hear the evidence:
Timeline
In the aftermath of the Haymarket Square bombing, eight men were put on trial for murder and conspiracy:
• Albert Parsons (led English-speaking anarchists)
• August Spies (led German-speaking anarchists)
• Samuel Fielden (Methodist pastor, draft animal teamster, labor activist, anarchist)
• Michael Schwab (co-editor of anarchist newspaper for German immigrant workers)
• George Engel (labor union activist and anarchist)
• Adolph Fischer (labor union activist and anarchist)
• Louis Lingg (carpenter, 23-year-old, known to make small bombs)
• Oscar Neebe (yeast-maker, labor activist, anarchist)
Albert Parsons was the most famous. He was hanged on November 11, 1887.
View Documents A-F (15 minutes on your own)
Jurors deliberations.....
- As a class you must decide, was Albert Parsons' hanging justified? Why or why not? You must reach a UNANIMOUS verdict!
HW: Robber Barons and Rebels and The Human Cost of an iPad
- Choose FOUR questions to answer, and write TWO discussion questions for Wednesday's class.