Date: School: Facilitator: 5.02 Scopes Trial Directions: Use the primary source material provided within the lesson to complete the chart below. Who supported the Butler Act? Who opposed the Butler Act? State of Tennessee Fundamentalists William Jennings Bryan (defended the state of TN during the trial) John Scopes American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Clarence Darrow (defended Scopes during the trial) Select one of the 5 sources that support the Butler Act
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“The Zimmerman Trial” On February 26‚ 2012‚ George Zimmerman‚ a Hispanic and neighborhood watch volunteer was patrolling the retreat at Twin Lakes‚ a Townhouse Development in Florida. At 7:09 pm Zimmerman called a non-emergency police response line‚ reporting a suspicious person walking about. The person whom Zimmerman saw was 17 year old Trayvon Martin‚ who was walking back to his father’s fiancé’s house from a convenience store‚ with nothing on him but a pack of candy and a drink. At 7: 13
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Was the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria a Product of Women’s Search for Power? The Salem Witchcraft Trials was brought on by some young women. They accused many different people of performing witchcraft. Those who said they were innocent were killed and those who said they were guilty were used to help find more witches. Lyle Koehler says “Yes” in his book‚” A Search for Power: The ‘Weaker Sex’ in Seventeenth-Century New England.” He believes that women wanted more power‚ so they pretended to be
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The Scopes Trial In the year 1859‚ Charles Darwin published his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection‚ or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. In this book‚ Charles Darwin explains that species need to evolve and adapt in order to survive. Natural selection is the process in which over time certain species and/or characteristic of certain species‚ will evolve and flourish while others will not. Darwin outlines the scientific theory of evolution;
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Throughout history there have been thousands of “false” trials. These trials were based around false accusations. The trials most notable for accusations without the clearest of evidence was the Salem witch trials‚ hundreds were killed for being suspicious and never indicating that they were actual witches. Everyone who died in Salem and everyone who is serving or served an undeserved sentence have or at least had families‚ career opportunities‚ a career‚ in short a life. All of these get ripped
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forces that test them and often make them change. In the drama The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ various citizens of Salem‚ Massachusetts face the witch trials. Victims were tried and convicted based on only spectral evidence. John Proctor‚ Giles Corey‚ and Reverend Hale were a few among the many that went through these severe tests‚ hardships and trials. John Proctor’s wife; Elizabeth Proctor‚ was accused of witchery and sent to prison. John loves his wife and tries to save her and all of the other
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In the trial of Socrates I am going to show that the defendant is not guilty on the first charge of corrupting the youth. My justifications for this vote are as follows. Socrates didn’t corrupt the youth‚ he just shared his ideas with them and they in turn chose the path to take these ideas. Part of understanding this case is understand the time in which the case was held. This time being 399 B.C.‚ a time in which Athens was a free democratic city‚ a town that prided itself at the time on
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What is a Trial Balance? State its objectives and characteristics. Give some reasons for disagreement of the Trial Balance. A ’Trial Balance’ is a list of all the General ledger accounts (both revenue and capital) contained in the ledger of a business. This list will contain the name of the nominal ledger account and the value of that nominal ledger account. The value of the nominal ledger will hold either a debit balance value or a credit balance value. The debit balance values will be listed
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as snow in Maycomb‚ neighbor house burning down and rape trial between a white woman and a black man and these events significantly change her at the end of the book. The two consequences of racial discrimination
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Trial by Media The justification system is quickly being scorched in America by how the media manages all lurid cases. People are getting prejudged by the press and public before any legal action has taken place. I believe it is completely amiss for the media to interpret whether a person is guilty or innocent‚ before or even after a verdict has been established in a court of law. Take O.J. Simpson’s case for instance. Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife‚ Nicole Brown Simpson. This
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