HIST 2057 Chapter : Summer Of The Gods
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The trial served its purpose of drawing intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to dayton to cover the big-name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side. Bryan, three-time presidential candidate, argued for the prosecution, while clarence darrow, the famed defense attorney, spoke for scopes. The trial publicized the fundamentalist modernist controversy, which set modernists, who said evolution was not consistent with religion,[2] against fundamentalists, who said the word of god as revealed in the. A tennessee law banned the teaching of human evolution in public schools and the american civil liberties union wanted to challenge the law along with a young teacher named, john scopes. The trial of the century brought together the famous politician william bryan (who led the antievolution crusade) and clarence darrow (best criminal defense lawyer at the time. ) The aclu often took on cases involving individual rights and the 1st amendment. Briefly describe their confrontation: william bryan- prosecutor.
