William Jennings Bryan

1920s, William J. Bryan fought for a variety of different causes, including bimetallism, women’s rights, and fundamentalism (Shi and Tindell 806). It is this last point, fundamentalism, that will be the focus of this paper; specifically, reviewing Bryan and his fight against Darwinism and its teaching in schools. This paper will also go over Bryan’s beginnings and his rise to notability along with his viewpoint on social Darwinism and what lasting effects he had on it. Over his career, William J. Bryan

The play Inherit the Wind, was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee to inform its readers about the injustice of a law that limited the freedom of an ordinary citizen. This play is based upon actual events that happened to an individual, John Scopes, in Dayton, Tennessee during the 1920’s. This famous “Monkey Trial” not only allowed people to begin to accept new theories about the origin of man, but also showed that they did not have to limit themselves in other areas of life. In the beginning

The Big Four: And Others of the Peace Conference, by Robert Lansing offers a firsthand perspective on what occurred during the Peace talks following the First World War. Robert Lansing primarily concentrates on the four biggest players during the Peace talks, Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, and Vittorio E. Orlando. Lansing’s report of these four men compromised three fourths of the entire book, leaving the rest of the book to the representatives of other States, such as

Bryan because he adopted silver platform. Hence, the Populists’ views were close to him and William J. Bryan was nominated for as their candidate for president. The candidate chosen for Republican was William McKinley. Even though many Populists supported William J. Bryan, they lost the election of 1896. The big businesses, banks, factory owners, and the rich were there to support William McKinley because they wanted gold standards or deflation

During the 1890’s many pivotal events led to a new coming of a political party that left an everlasting impact on American history known as the “Populist movement”. The Populist movement begin around the late eighteen hundred in efforts to reverse the declining economic prospects and rescue the control from the powerful government (Foner 509). With that being said, there were several event that led to the creation of the movement. The 1890’s imposition of a new radical system locked African Americans

“Everything in the Bible should be taken as it is given” Bryan. “The Scopes Trial” also known as “the Monkey Trial” was a very controversial trial because of what was at stake and what Scopes was on trial for. John Scopes was on trial for teaching Evolution in his 8th grade class. This trial was the first trial ever to be broadcast on the radio because of how controversial it was. There was also a book written in 1955 called Inherit The Wind which we will be comparing to the actual trial. This book

prices”, caused by lack of gold, not overproduction of their crops. He then went on to explain how that could not be possible, and we simply have produced too much wheat. Poet Vachel Lindsay wrote a poem concerning the subject, entitled, “BRYAN, BRYAN, BRYAN, BRYAN: The campaign of 1896 as viewed at the Time by a Sixteen Year Old, etc.” In it he mentioned the “Election at midnight; Boy Bryan’s defeat” which was when the Populists lost the election. He then wrote “Defeat of the wheat; victory of the

This paper discusses how the film, Inherit The Wind, portrays the Scopes Monkey Trial. The film showed both sides of the argument fairly. It was conveying a message that a person should try to understand and respect each opinion when arguing their own side. Three evidentiary issues of the trial in the film will also be discussed. The three issues that are objected to in the film are an opinion question, hearsay, and relevance. The judge sustained all three objections, saying that they were inadmissible

On the seventh day of the Scopes trial, the argument between Darrow and Bryan began to shake the people’s belief in creationism. Darrow asked Bryan a variety of questions regarding miracles such as the creation of Earth in six days, the exact time that God had created Earth, or the time period and the logic of the Flood. Instead of answering those questions with biblical contexts and clear explanations, Bryan repeatedly said “I don’t know,” or “I think there maybe” in between his answers. Despite

The Scopes Trial, also referred to as the State Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes or the Scopes Monkey Trial, began on July 10, 1925. This event was a legal case in which a substitute teacher named John Scopes violated the Tennessee Butler Act. The Butler Act administered that evolution was not allowed to be taught in any public school. While substituting a Biology class, Scopes briefly reviewed the evolution chapter in a textbook. He did not recall if he had specifically taught evolution in the class