Clarence darrow and william jennings bryan faced each other in the 1920s in what legal circumstance? a) both ran for congress against each other b) a trial regarding jim crow laws in the south c) as major candidates in a presidential election d) a trial regarding the teaching of evolution in public schools

The correct answer is D) a trial regarding the teaching of evolution in public schools,

Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan faced each other in the 1920s in the following legal circumstance: a trial regarding the teaching of evolution in public schools.

We are talking about "The Scopes Trial" of 1925 that confronted two of the most renown attorneys in the United States: Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Tennessee schoolteacher Joseph Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution theory in class, something that had been prohibited by the Butler Act.

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