1. William Jennings Bryan

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Born: March 19, 1860

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 7.

The Boy Orator of the Platte

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 11.

Populist Movement

12. Anti-Imperialism 13. Free Coinage of Silver Political Stances 14.

Fight for the common man

15. Largely supported by farmers 16. Formed the Populist Party

The Great Commoner

17. Lower cost of money 18. Economic Focus The Populist Movement 19.

The Paralyzing Influence of Imperialism

• Don't make colonial Europe's mistakes

20. Forced annexation leads to revolt

21. Military strategy doesn't trump freedom Anti-Imperialism 22.

Back the Dollar with silver

23. More plentiful than gold 24. Helps boost the average worker 25. Forced inflation VS Free Coinage of Silver 26.

Don't let the masses be held down by the wealthy

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 30.

Received the Democratic nomination

31. Carried by momentum from Cross of Gold 32. Needed Populist support 33. Lost to William McKinleyThe Election of 1896 (Strike 1) 34.

Received Democratic nomination once again

35. Continued to push Progressive ideals 36. Lost to McKinley again, larger margin The Election of 1900 (Strike 2) 37.

Circuit of paid orators and performers

38. Used by Bryan to further support between elections 39. Spread Populist ideals Chautauqua Circuit 40.

Nominated for the last time by Democrats

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) 44.

Lost Democratic nomination in 1912

45. Named Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State 46. Resigned after disagreements in 1915 Secretary of State 47.

Was a staunch Protestant

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 51.

Passed away July 26, 1925

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.htmlPhoto Credits