THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
THE SCOPES TRIAL
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The Watershed Act
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The Homestead Act
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The Butler Act
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The Boycott Act
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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: -In March 1925, the Tennessee state legislature passed a bill that banned the teaching of evolution in all educational institutions throughout the state. The Butler Act set off alarm bells around the country. The ACLU responded immediately with an offer to defend any teacher prosecuted under the law.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Education Act of 1944 was steered through Parliament by the Education Minister, R.A. Butler, and was followed by a similar Act for Scotland in 1945. The Act provided free secondary education for all pupils.
Detailed explanation-4: -Butler Act | United States law | Britannica.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.