THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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evolution.
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creationism.
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fundamentalism
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biology.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In March 1925, the Tennessee state legislature passed a bill that banned the teaching of evolution in all educational institutions throughout the state.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ACLU had originally intended to oppose the Butler Act on the grounds that it violated the teacher’s individual rights and academic freedom, and was therefore unconstitutional. Principally because of Clarence Darrow, this strategy changed as the trial progressed.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Scopes was playing tennis when a group of businessmen called him to the town gathering place, Robinson’s drugstore. They asked if he would be willing to be indicted for teaching evolution. Though he couldn’t remember actually teaching Darwin’s theory, Scopes believed in evolution and agreed to the plan.