THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
THE SCOPES TRIAL
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Detailed explanation-1: -William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party’s nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and the 1908 elections.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former United States Representative from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. In his address, Bryan supported “free silver” (i.e. bimetallism), which he believed would bring the nation prosperity.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1896 presidential election, the Democrats nominated William Jennings Bryan as its candidate, and the Populists agreed to support him. The People’s Party was thus folded into the Democratic Party and began to fade from the national scene.
Detailed explanation-4: -Noun. Bryanism (uncountable) The political philosophy associated with William Jennings Bryan.