THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
THE SCOPES TRIAL
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William Jennings Bryan
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George Rappalyea
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John Scopes
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John Raulston
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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 purpose was explained later by Mr. Darrow as an effort to “show the people what fundamentalism is.” Bryan arose from the witness stand to tell Darrow, the judge and the assembled spectators that its purpose was to cast “slurs upon the Bible.” The nature of the examination brought Attorney General S. T.
Detailed explanation-3: -He was also an atheist. “The fact that my father was a heretic always put him on the defensive, ” Darrow later wrote. “We children thought it was only right and loyal that we should defend his cause.” After practicing law in a small Ohio town, Darrow moved his young family to Chicago.