THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
THE SCOPES TRIAL
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Question
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What was one result of the Butler Act?
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Biology classes were canceled in Tennessee schools
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Teachers were forbidden to deny the Biblical creation story
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Teachers were forbidden from teaching certain topics in chemistry and physics
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Many biology teachers were arrested and put on trial
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Butler Act was a 1925 Tennessee law prohibiting public school teachers from denying the book of Genesis account of mankind’s origin. The law also prevented the teaching of the evolution of man from what it referred to as lower orders of animals in place of the Biblical account.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best summarizes the Butler Act? This law forbade the teaching of the “theory of evolution” in place of the Biblical account of creation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Butler Act | United States law | Britannica.
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