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Lectures in History
1925 Scopes Monkey Trial Part 1
Jan 28, 2024
University of Maryland history professor Michael Ross discusses the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, covering the anti-evolution legislation in Tennessee, ACLU's challenge to laws, origins of the trial, cultural landscape of the 1920s, and the clash between fundamentalism and modernism.
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- William Jennings Bryan opposed Darwinism due to concerns of moral decline and advocated for state intervention in education.
- The Scopes Monkey Trial symbolized the clash between science and religion, reflecting cultural divisions in 1920s America.
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Background and Context of the Scopes Monkey Trial
The 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial was a legal case where a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made teaching human evolution illegal in state-funded schools. The trial was influenced by a cultural context of the 1920s, marked by urbanization, the clash of rural and urban values, and debates between religious modernists and fundamentalists.
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