Clarence Darrow

schools. The American Civil Liberties Union protested the law with teacher, John Scopes, who agreed to help. The"trial of the century" brought together two famous political enemies, William Jennings Bryan, who led the anti-evolution crusade, and Clarence Darrow, who was known as the best criminal defense lawyer and evolution supporter. The author presents the history of controversy that led to the trial. Fossil discoveries, the rise of religious fundamentalism, and increased attendance in public high

trial, trial itself, and the aftermath that takes place in 1925. This trial is based whether or not evolution should be taught in schools, a controversy that very much plagues the United States. The trial will put an infamous criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow and the famous fundamentalist religiosity politician William Jennings Bryan against each other in a

Tennessee. There had been a law that banned evolution taught in classrooms; the American Civil Liberties Union challenged said law with the help of John Scopes, who was a teacher that taught the theory of evolution in his classroom. In the trial, Clarence Darrow represented Scopes and faced off William Jennings Bryan, who was against evolution being taught and a well-known criminal defense lawyer. In the first section of the book, before the trial, the foundation for the controversy was arranged. Charles

The Scopes Trial induced a pivotal point in American history because it symbolizes the conflict between science and theology, faith and reason, individual liberty, and majority rule. This trial was to decide not only the fate of an evolution-teacher, but also to decide if traditionalists or modernists would rule American culture. An object of intense publicity, the trial was seen as a clash between urban sophistication and rural fundamentalism. On January 20, 1925, a Tennessee state senator named

The Scopes Trial is one of the best in American history because it symbolizes the conflict between science and theology, faith and reason, individual liberty, and majority rule. This trial was to decide not only the fate of an evolution-teacher, but also to decide if traditionalists or modernists would rule American culture. An object of intense publicity, the trial was seen as a clash between urban sophistication and rural fundamentalism. On January 20, 1925, a Tennessee state senator named John

Arc of Justice: Summary and Evaluation Alex Borger HIST 3343  By this time Detroit had become the epicenter of the American automobile. Detroit’s grand boulevards, were now lost in this ever expanding industrial Mecca. Detroit was home to some of America’s biggest names in automotives, including Walter Chrysler, The Dodge Brothers, and the outspoken Henry Ford. Workers in these factories often earned more in wages than many unskilled labor positions around the country. As news of the high-wage

1. An ethical dilemma occurs when two moral imperatives contradict one another. In the case of the Scopes Trial, for example, while the Bible stated that God created humans on the sixth day of creation, Darwinian evolution argued that humankind evolved through natural selection over a period of millions of years. This dilemma created a heated debate that impacted the entire country. Describe the circumstances and developments that allowed the dilemma to become an issue in Tennessee in 1925. (See

The aftermath of the Great war and the Great Depression brought on a dramatic social change in America in the 1920s. The social change was a revolution that brought on two fundamentally different beings; modernists and fundamentalists. While fundamentalists valued the bible, and lived by it in its entirety, modernists were more self-conscious and favored creativity and common sense rather than the bible. The divide had to come head when the controversial Scopes “Monkey” Trial began and new theories

In the 1920s, there was a great debate over the changing of values in America. The jazz age had erupted and with it, came new debates over what is best for the United States and it’s children. America was in a crisis, fighting between its victorian history and the new world of advertisement and propaganda. One of the great debates during this time, was whether or not evolution should be taught in public schools. The difference in ideals between the conservatives and those who were modern was large

trial, Bryan agreed to be questioned by Darrow because he did not want to back down from Darrow’s challenge. In Inherit the Wind, however, Brady takes the witness stand because he thinks that Drummond could not possibly challenge his Biblical knowledge. In contrast to Brady, during Darrow’s questioning, Bryan calmly answers Darrow’s questions. Also, Darrow quickly accepts Scopes as guilty, claiming that he would appeal to the Supreme Court. However, Darrow later confesses that he quickly accepted