Monkey trial.pptVIP

Background of Monkey trial Main character Time Jule21,1925 Place Tennessee .Bryan 田纳西州.代顿 Cause Result Influence Background of character Clarence Darrow 克拉伦斯.大罗 William Jennings Bryan 威廉.詹宁斯.布莱恩 John Scopes 约翰.思科普斯 William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American lawyer and political leader. Bryan campaigned unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1896,1900,and 1908.He is famous for his impassioned “Cross of Gold” 原教旨主义的教皇 speech advocating free silver 自由铸造银币运动 1896 and for his defense of fundamentalism in the Scopes trial. John Scopes and Clarence Darrow John Scopes 1990-1970 was an American teacher who violated a state law by teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee high school. Clarence Darrow was the famous criminal lawyer. John Scopes‘s defense. Cause George Rappelyea ,argue with the local people against the law that prohibiting the teaching of “any theory that denies the story of creation as taught in the Bible ”. John Scopes had been teaching biology and was sent for . John Scopes agree with George and think nobody teach biology without teaching evolution. Result Clarence Darrow’s question made Bryan in silence. Dudley Field Malone called my conviction a “victorious defeat ”. A few southern papers, loyal to their faded champion, hailed it as a victory for Bryan .But Bryan, sad and exhausted ,died in Dayton two days after the trial. * *