Religion In The 1920's

The religion of the 1920’s made a historical and dramatic change. There was many conflicts with science and religion. Having these conflicts with religion and science brought a change in social, economic, and people's beliefs. Why did religion and science have a dramatic cause of the 1920’s. The early 1920’s, there were protestants and catholics. Protestants are people who believed prohibition and alcohol. The catholics found this to be dangerous. There were other religions believed such as modernists, which believed in evolution/science and wasn't inconsistent with religion. Fundamentalist are people who said the word of God as put in the bible took priority over it and called it “modern science”. There are also other religions like christianity.

Social changes led to a religious revival among the christians. War and economic depression caused people to turn to and away from God. Many people had started to believe in evolution. They also believed in more modern science. There was a modern battle between religion and science. Religion and science has divided into reflect other social and political divisions of the 1920’s. John Scopes, a science teacher was accused of violating the Tennessee butler act, which made unlawful to teach human evolution in any state funded high school. John Scopes was accused of teaching evolution in and state funded high school. He was a general science teacher at the age of 24. He became famous of the “monkey trial”.He was found guilty, but his story remains famous as the Scope’s Monkey Trial. The Monkey Trial was the first ever broadcast over radio and became a national event primarily because of the notoriety of the attorneys representing each side. “He was found guilty, but his conviction was later

He was a former major league baseball player. Strong christian who preached in real life and over the radio. He influenced many people for the cause of fundamentalism. He was born on November 19, 1862 in Ames, Iowa. His father died a month after he was born and left his mother with three children. His mother remarried and had two smaller children. When Billy was 13, him and his brother was forced to go to an orphanage. Billy ran away from the orphanage two years later. He worked as a stable boy. Billy left high school before he graduated and moved back to his hometown to play baseball. He played outfield for a local baseball