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Legally, William Jennings Bryan won the Scopes trial. But the long-term effect of the Scopes trial was the end of the fundamentalist movement and the rise of modernism and urban values such as evolution and science over religion.
The Lawyer who won the trial was Attorney William Jennings Bryan. However it might be important to point out that the verdict was later overturned by the appellate court of Tennessee.Correction: Attorney Clarance Darrow was the lawyer who won the trial. Attorney William Jennings Bryan was council for the defense. The case was still overturned on appeal.Note: the Scopes trial was not "against evolution", it was against teaching evolution in any state funded school or university. See the link below for the complete story of the Scopes trial.
The Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, took place in 1925 and pitted John T. Scopes, a teacher accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act by teaching evolution, against the prosecution led by William Jennings Bryan. While Scopes was found guilty and fined, the trial is often considered a victory for the defense in terms of public discourse, as it highlighted the conflict between science and religion. The case ultimately sparked a national conversation about education and free speech.
Clarence Darrow was John Scopes' lawyer. The opposite lawyer was Bryan. Bryan won the case, but he lost the argument. Evolution wasn't taught in the classroom for another 45 years.
Scopes was declared guilty, but people felt the law violated the Constitution. Scopes was fined and the law was upheld.
The two opposing lawyers in the Scopes trial were Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. While Bryan's side won the case, it began the process of allowing the theory of evolution to be taught in schools.
Tennessee had passed a law in 1925 (the Butler Act) that forbade the teaching of any theory that would contradict the Christian Bible. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) convinced John Scopes (a high school science teacher) to intentionally break the law and risk arrest. He was, indeed, arrested (as he and the ACLU planned). He was defended by Clarence Darrow, while the state of Tennessee hired William Jennings Bryan, who had run for President three times. Both lawyers were famous and the trial was closely watched nationally. The trial was called the "Monkey Trial" since Scopes was teaching evolution (i.e. humans evolved from monkeys.) Darrow conceded that John Scopes broke the law, but argued the law was unconstitutional. He wanted to test the law on appeal, not convince the jury that Scopes didn't break it. Most observers believed Darrow did a better job than Bryan, as Darrow was able to make Bryan seem parochial and narrow-minded. As expected, Bryan won at trial, but on appeal the judgment was reversed on a technicality and the case was never retried. Bryan died a few days after the original verdict was handed down. The Butler Act remained on the books until the Warren Court struck it down in the 1960s for violating the Free Speech protection in the 1st Amendment.
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The Scopes Trial is also referred to as the "Battle of the Beliefs". It featured Scientific thought against traditional religion. The trial took place over the issue of whether or not religion, and whether God created the world, should be taught at schools. William Jennings Bryan, a Populist leader, took the stand for traditionalism, and was questioned by Clarence Darrow, a successful lawyer who stood for Darwinism. Darrow questioned Bryan's faith. In the end, the court found that it was in fact legal to teach creationism in schools, however in the end Darwinism won, because today we do not teach creationism as the way humans can into being.
John Adams was the lawyer for the British soldiers accused of shooting the colonist in the Boston Massacre. He won the case too.
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) was a famous lawyer and statesman who ran for President three times. His powerful speeches earned him the title "Silver-Tongued Orator." Bryan, a devout Presbyterian, victoriously defended The Bible in a famous Tennessee court case against a teacher who was illegally teaching evolution in the classroom. This case was called the Scopes trial, or the "monkey trial." William Jennings Bryan won the case against evolution.William Jennings Bryan was born on March 19, 1860 in the Little Egypt region of Illinois. Bryan was the Democratic Party nominee in 1896, 1900, and 1908. He was the youngest presidential candidate in history, at the age 36. He was also a lawyer and the 41st United States Secretary of State. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition. He died on June 9, 1915 in his sleep.