1. William Jennings Bryan

3. Father Silas was a well-known lawyer

4. Graduated from Illinois College with honors

5. Studied law in Chicago

6. Showed a great ability to speak Youth and Education

8. Elected to Congress from Nebraska (two terms)

9. Appointed to Ways and Means Committee

10. Fought for Sherman Silver Purchase Act Early Political Career

12. Anti-Imperialism

13. Free Coinage of Silver Political Stances

15. Largely supported by farmers

17. Lower cost of money

18. Economic Focus The Populist Movement

20. Forced annexation leads to revolt

21. Military strategy doesn't trump freedom Anti-Imperialism

23. More plentiful than gold

24. Helps boost the average worker

25. Forced inflation VS Free Coinage of Silver

27. The gold standard paralyzes the common man

28. Back money with silver to help working class

29. “ You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold” “ Cross of Gold Speech”

31. Carried by momentum from “Cross of Gold”

32. Needed Populist support

33. Lost to William McKinley The Election of 1896 (Strike 1)

35. Continued to push Progressive ideals

36. Lost to McKinley again, larger margin The Election of 1900 (Strike 2)

38. Used by Bryan to further support between elections

39. Spread Populist ideals Chautauqua Circuit

41. Continued his Progressive stance

42. Lost to William H. Taft in another landslide

43. Forever changed the Democratic Party The Election of 1908 (Strike 3)

45. Named Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State

46. Resigned after disagreements in 1915 Secretary of State

48. Successfully banned (for a time) evolution from schools

49. Questioned vigorously about the bible

50. Final event of his life, leaving him in a bad light Scope's “Monkey” Trial

52. Intense heat and stress of the trial was too much for his body

53. Buried at Arlington National Cemetery Death

54. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=157 http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bryan-william-jennings http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/bryanw.htm http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/bryan.htm http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/bryan.html http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/essay.htm Information Credits

55. Slide 1: http://www.agribusinesscouncil.org/bryan.htm Slide 3: http://www.christianity.com/ChurchHistory/11630519/ Slide 5: http://darrow.law.umn.edu/photo.php?pid=89 Slide 6: http://www.effectivepresentations.com/resources/info/william-jennings-bryan-imperialism Slide 8: http://campaignrhetoric.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/1896-bryans-cross-of-gold-dennis-oneill/ Slide 13: http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bryan-william-jennings Slide 15: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/timeline/index.html Photo Credits