Scopes Trial

The introduction to Gillion’s novel the 10 days that unexpectedly changed America strays away from well-known dates and explores the other parts of history from constitutional to cultural and answering so very important and intriguing topics open for discussion along the way in just 10 overlooked events in American history. Also telling us Puritans play a major part as “the original sources”. The epilogue, shows us that there are many surprising and unknown things in America’s history that…

The 1920’s are known for its prosperity and vibrant culture. While this was present in many ways it was very prevalent in the mass consumption in the time. In the 1920s there was more goods that were readily available to the public. There was a major consumption of new goods. One of the main proponents towards the purchasing of goods was advertisement. Advertisement became more appealing with pictures, sexualizing goods, etc., and they also affected people’s emotions. New advertisement made…

FOURTH DRAFT An American Tragedy: The Hawaiian Scottsboro Boys In his book, “A Death in the Islands – The Unwritten Law and the Last Trial of Clarence Darrow,” Mike Farris recounts in vivid detail a miscarriage of justice in early 1930s Hawaii that echoes an all-too-familiar American theme. We learn that several men, collectively known as the Ala Moana Boys, were the Hawaiian equivalent of their more notorious black contemporaries, the Scottsboro Boys of Alabama, who themselves became…

and speech is an issue discussed throughout the trial of Bert Cates and in the story overall. This message is first explicitly brought up by Drummond in the courtroom. Drummond states that he is trying to establish that everyone has the right to think, and he further argues that Cates is being “threatened with fine and imprisonment because he chooses to speak what he thinks.” (II.ii.64) Drummond clearly believes that the law is as much on trial as the man, contrary to Brady. Throughout the…

generated much apprehension between the two beliefs [Doc B]. This trial, also known as the Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial, arose from a conflict involving a teacher by the name of John Scopes who was asked by the American Civil Liberties Union to challenge the Butler Law, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in schools. Scopes defied the law and was brought into court, where he was defended by Clarence Darrow. The prosecution side of the trial was fulfilled by Fundamentalist Christian, William…

Obedience to Authority Experiment In 1963 at Yale University, Stanley Milgram held an experiment to test the relationship between obedience to authority and the personal conscience. Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiment was one of the many experiments that caused the gathering of the APA, because of its lack of ethics and an analysis of the experiment provides information that could justify for the genocide acts of World War II. The experiment included 40 male participants who drew straws…

In the United States, many people feel strongly about what their kids and students should be taught in a science class- evolution or the bible's creation story. In 2005 in Kansas City, Kansas, the state's school board of education was questioning whether or not to teach Intelligent Design, the theory that an intelligent being created the universe and all living things, in their science curriculum. A man named Bobby Henderson who didn’t want Intelligent Design to be taught in schools sent a…

The Monumental trial of john peter Zenger took place on the historic site where Federal Hall National Memorial Now Stands. The case inspired the entire city and helped Further the cause for freedom that led to revolution, forty years later the John Peter Zenger trial would lead the way for the First Amendment to the constitution of the united states of America. The Man Generally perceived to be the villain of the Zenger affair William Cosby was the guy who was rewarded 50 pounds for the…

believe it when they see the facts. People started believing in evolution when it wasn’t banned, meaning they must have seen something that they couldn’t back during the Monkey Scopes Trial. John Scopes was declared guilty in the trial for teaching evolution. The controversial case of the Monkey Scopes Trial wrongly fined John Scopes for teaching evolution because evolution is a major subject kids need to learn, evolution is majorly believed in, and evolution is a major part of science.…

The John T. Scopes “Monkey Trial” Introduction Beads of sweat drip down your neck. You see the hundreds upon hundreds people around you in the courtroom. The judge is about to give the verdict. The Scopes “Monkey Trial” was one of the most famous court affairs in history. John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolutionary studies when he took a substitute position and taught the theory to students. Events that Contributed to the Scopes Trial Events during the “Roaring Twenties” started…