386 ChApTEr 17 | ChaLLenGes to the statUs QUo | period seven 1890 –1945p rACTICINg historical Thinking
Identify: What features of this car do you think would be easiest to mass-produce?
Analyze: To what extent does the Model T represent a turning point in mass con-
sumption of transportation? Consult your textbook and class notes to help you
explain.
Evaluate: Defend or challenge the following statement: The Model T fostered the
development of a new national identity more than it hindered it.Library of Congressprints andphotographs Division,LC-UsZ62-20077.Document 17.4 Clarence darrow versus william Jennings
Bryan
1925Biology teacher John Scopes (1900–1970) was prosecuted by the state of Tennessee in
the case State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes for teaching evolution to his high
school classes. In the following excerpt from the July 1925 trial, Clarence Darrow (1857–
1938), the famous Chicago attorney who defended Scopes, questions a witness—William
Jennings Bryan (1860–1925), who was a three-time Democratic Party candidate for pres-
ident, US secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson, and the lead prosecutor in the trial,
representing the state of Tennessee.TopIC I | modernity 38718_STA_2012_ch17_381-404.indd 386 01/04/15 4:17 PM