USA HISTORY

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. 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-2: -In March 1925 the Tennessee legislature had passed the Butler Act, which declared unlawful the teaching of any doctrine denying the divine creation of man as taught by the Bible.

Detailed explanation-3: -Today marks the 86th anniversary of the Butler Act, which was signed into law by Tennessee Gov. Austin Peay on March 21, 1925.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Education Act-or ‘Butler Act’-of 1944 promised ‘secondary education for all’. The act attempted to achieve this goal by raising the school leaving age and dividing the all-age elementary education into primary and secondary schools.