Scopes Trial In The 1920s

During the 1920s, there was a lot of change going on in the country. The automobile industry, the airplane industry, newer modern corporations and management styles, and newer machinery all boosted the economy, and electricity was used. Cities grew as new jobs became available. The 20s saw presidents
Warren Harding and all his scandals, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. In the 20s, we were boosting from the economy, and making our market global. Other changes were brought by our view points and such, from things like the Scopes Trial. The Roaring 20s, as we call them, was a tool used to teach the public something other than what our preachers taught, and to challenge the Butler Act, which says evolution should not be taught in public

The Scopes Trial took place in Tennessee, and the defendants name was John T. Scopes. He challenged the law for the American Civil Liberties Union, and so he taught evolution in the classroom.
The trial was broadcast throughout the entire nation, to people curious about evolution, and it was the first trial to be broadcasted. The battle between the prosecuting attorney and defense attorney was great, as
William Jennings Bryan was questioned in detail by defense attorney Clarence Darrow. Bryan slipped up on one answer saying the bible could be interpreted different ways, and the whole country saw it. That, truly, was the start of the curiosity of all Americans on evolution. Religious people were told by their preachers that, well evolution is bad and to stay away, but they found that maybe it was not so bad after all. Leading up to the Scopes Trial in the 20s was all sorts of different issues facing the day. There were social and political issues like prohibition, where many people wanted to do away

The Scopes Trial changed religious views in society. Every religious person was taught by their priest or preacher that evolution is bad and that they do not need to concern themselves with it. But when
WilliamJennings Bryan agreed that the bible could be interpreted differently, he opened the public eye. It told them that evolution is something they could look into, and that, if they do not like it, then that’s fine too. That’s another thing that the Scopes trial taught us. The politicization of morality became this: yes, everyone has certain unalienable rights, like the right to their beliefs and views, but its ok to talk about other views because people can believe what they want to believe, but they can also hear different opinions. They knew from the Scopes trial that it was ok to talk about other views of religion.
The Scopes trial was not about convicting John T. Scopes. He was guilty, and that was not going to change. What made the case big was the evolution curiosity that every American thought about.