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18 de abr. de 2024 · William Jennings Bryan led for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense. Jury selection began on July 10, and opening statements, which included Darrow’s impassioned speech about the constitutionality of the Butler law and his claim that the law violated freedom of religion, began on July 13.
- Scopes Trial
William Jennings Bryan led for the prosecution and Clarence...
- Scopes Trial
17 de abr. de 2024 · The Cross of Gold Speech. by William Jennings Bryan. July 09, 1896. Edited and introduced by Eric C. Sands. Part of these Core Document Collections. Political Parties. View. Study Questions. If Bryan’s speech and his campaign were so popular, why did he lose to McKinley? What does that tell us about the state of American politics at the time?
Hace 3 días · The attorney, former congressman, and unsuccessful Senate candidate William Jennings Bryan filled the void. A superb orator, Bryan hailed from Nebraska and spoke for farmers suffering from the economic depression following the Panic of 1893 .
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Hace 5 días · In 1904, both William Jennings Bryan and former President Grover Cleveland declined to run for president. Since the two Democratic nominees from the past did not seek the presidential nomination, Alton B. Parker, a Bourbon Democrat from New York, emerged as the frontrunner.
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Hace 3 días · In a re-match of the 1896 race, incumbent Republican President William McKinley defeated his Democratic challenger, William Jennings Bryan. McKinley's victory made him the first president to win a consecutive re-election since Ulysses S. Grant accomplished the same feat in 1872 .
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2 de abr. de 2024 · William Jennings Bryan, known as the “Great Commoner,” was one of the great orators of his era. Despite being a force in the Progressive Movement, he is largely remembered for his staunch opposition to evolution and prominent role in the “Scopes Money Trial” of 1925.
Hace 4 días · With William Jennings Bryan as a touchpoint to understand our current public sphere and with 2025 marking the centennial anniversary of the (in)famous Scopes Trial, as well as Mr. Bryan’s death, scholars must reckon with William Jennings Bryan’s rhetorical legacy and the way it haunts our current public sphere.
