Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan faced each other in the 1920s in what legal circumstance? A) both ran for Congress ag

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Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan faced each other in the 1920s in what legal circumstance? A) both ran for Congress ag

ainst each other B) a trial regarding Jim Crow laws in the South C) as major candidates in a Presidential election D) a trial regarding the teaching of evolution in public schools

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Viktor [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-09T16:25:15+03:00

The answer C, is incorrect. The person before me gave the wrong answer. The <u>real</u> <u>answer</u> is D: A trial regarding the teaching of evolution in public schools. This was held in Tennessee in 1925. It was essentially a sham trial in which John Scopes was found ‘guilty’ of teaching evolution, though the fine assessed him was never paid

tia_tia [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-09T18:29:59+03:00

The correct answer is D) a trial regarding the teaching of evolution in public schools,

Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan faced each other in the 1920s in the following legal circumstance: a trial regarding the teaching of evolution in public schools.

We are talking about "The Scopes Trial" of 1925 that confronted two of the most renown attorneys in the United States: Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Tennessee schoolteacher Joseph Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution theory in class, something that had been prohibited by the Butler Act.