Key Figures
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow was a famous American lawyer who was apart of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is most famous for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Leob. He also defended John.T Scopes in the Scopes Trial. He is known as the "sophisticated country lawyer"
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William Jennings BryanWilliam Jennings Bryan was famous politician who ran for president many times under the democratic party. He is most famous for being a supporter of Prohibition, and an opponent of Darwinism. He was siding the religious side of the Scopes Trials
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John Thomas Scopes
John Thomas Scopes was a teacher in Dayton,Tennessee who taught science. He is most famous for breaking the Butler Act which prohibits the teaching of evolution. In the Scopes Trials he lost the case and was fined 100$.