Clarence Darrow

Charles Darwin developed the theory of evolution in the middle of the nineteenth century. Darwin concluded that man was a product of evolution from animals, a process that took millions of years. During 1920’s, change began to overtake the United States as new viewpoints of religion began to surface. It became a common practice for religious leaders to doubt the Bible in the new light of modern science and wondered if the Bible should be taken as literally true. In 1925, The Scopes trial…

Leopold & Loeb’s case was eventually known by many as the result of the wave of publicity that surrounded it. As Jordan Schildrout explained, Patrick hamilton wrote the play Rope, which is a play inspired by Leopold and Loeb. It is about two guys that kill someone, put his body in a wooden box, then invite his friends and family over and serve food on his box. In the play, Hamilton, did not make direct references that the two main characters had a sexual relationship. Throughout the play the…

Reporter and author, H.L. Mencken, in his essay, “The Hills of Zion,” recounts a trial In Dayton Tennessee and his experiences there with the townspeople. The trial involved the state and a substitute teacher named Mr.Scopes who was accused of violating a law at that time prohibiting any teachings of evolution.This is the reason he wrote “The Hills of Zion”. This trial is why H.L. Mencken went to Tennessee; he had to cover it. Mencken’s purpose was to convey coverage that was biased against the…

in the case as he genuinely believed Scopes had committed a horrible crime. Bryan represented traditionalists everywhere that insisted teaching evolution contradicted the Bible’s story of creation. Defending Scopes was the legendary attorney Clarence Darrow, known for being an advocate of progression. This trial was not a question of whether Scopes defied the law, but whether the law he defied should have been in place and enforced. Ultimately, Scopes was convicted, but the trial publicized…

Clarence Darrow states “History repeats itself, and that one of the things that’s wrong with history.” We all know history will repeat itself in its own way but the way people are treated during these times needs to change with the history. For example the treatment of the Japanese and the Muslims after the terrorist attacks is seen as unfair and is questioned if it was necessary. Even though these two ethnic groups were viewed differently they had a lot of similarities to how they treated…

The 18th Amendment, which launched the Prohibition in January 1920, banned the making, selling, and transportation of alcoholic drinks. By 1930, ten million women were working for a paid job. These two changes in American life caused some people, specifically men for the latter change due to a fear of job competition, to wish to return to the good old days. 3. What group stood for 100% "Americanism" during the 1920's? The Ku Klux Klan stood for "100 percent Americanism" during the 1920s. 4.…

On March 25, 1931, With the Great Depression gripping the nation after the stock-market crash of 1929, people hopped freight trains to travel from one city to the next in search of work. A group of whites and a group of blacks who are ages 13 to 19 and are later called ‘Scottsboro boys’ got in a fight on a train. The scottsboro boys were defending themselves and they kicked the white group off in Jackson County. Then, two women on the train, who were trying to avoid arrest, falsely accused nine…

‘I was caused to write this essay.’ Discuss. Causation and freedom is an essential part of ethics as it considers whether or not one should be held morally accountable for their actions. The three philosophical approaches to the issue of free will and determinism are hard determinism, libertarianism and soft determinism which each take different approaches to decide whether or not our actions are caused or whether we are able to act upon our own free will. We assume that we are free when we make…

Scopes was a former biologist who became a high school teacher. Scopes wanted to teach his class the scientific theory, but was forbidden based on Tennessee law. ACLU and Scopes argued that this went against the 1st amendment. ACLU retrieved Clarence Darrow, a famous attorney, to help with the case. By the end of the trial, Scopes was fined 100 dollars and the case was left unresolved. One of the victories Scopes achieved was hearing William Jennings Bryan admit that not some religious ideas…

John Scopes played a small role in the trial, as most of the case consisted of Scopes lawyer Clarence Darrow and William Bryan questioning each other. The prosecution side had a very clear plan. Instead of debating the value of the Butler Law, they were only interested in being able to prove that Scopes had actually broken the law [Ruse (2003)]. After…