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=Scopes Monkey Trial=

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William Jennings Bryan He was a political man who believed in creationism. He was a congressman from Nebraska. He had a campaign to teach people that evolution was wrong and you should look at everything from a religious point. He loved creationism and hated evolution. He died a few days after the trial.

Clarence Darrow He was an atheist. He was also a lawyer who defended Scopes. He was really rich. he was known for a being a good criminal defense lawyer. He was acused of bribing the jury and murdering Jennings.

H. L. Mencken He was a recorder and writer. He was the man who told Clarence that he should help Scopes in the trial. He also left before the real drama of the trial started.

John Scopes He was a teacher who illegaly taught evolution to his students. In Tennessee you have to teach "intelligent design."

Dayton, TN This place is where all of this happened. Tiny little town in the south. Even today there are problems with Evolution and "Iitelligent design" in the south.

Scopes "Monkey" Trial It was a trial for John Scopes because he illegally taught evolution. It took place 1925.

WGN & the first radio broadcast of a trial It was a Chicago station that broadcast the trial. The very first trial that was ever broadcast on the radio. It was a big deal because people across the US learned about the concept of evolution and "intelligent design." Radio was very powerful back in the day.

The Jazz Age It was an age of new music. It made life sound easier. JAZZ. Most of the jazz musicians were African American. It was an interesting time because the ladies changed their ways (shorter hemlines, shorter hair, smoked).

The Drugstore in America It was a old-fashined Ice cream palor. It was where John got arrested. The people used this place to plan for the trial. A social meeing place.

Social Gospel, Fundamentalism They are religious & political movments. Social Gospel interpreted Darwin's "survival of the fittest" literally in that they had no motivation to help out the person who has less than they do--why should they, it's survival of the fittest. Of course, members of the Social Gospel movement were rich. Fundamentalists believed in God and Christianity. They saw no problem teaching "intelligent design" in the schools.

The Leopold & Loeb Murder Trial Clarence Darrow was the attorney for two teenagers in a murder trial and saved their lives by helping them get sentenced to life in jail instead of death. This trial made Darrow famous.