Scopes Monkey Trial Toriano Mcafee His/125 Rona Stuart Scopes Monkey Trial Is teaching evolution to children a negative thing? In 1925‚ there was a trial that took place that has been questioned whether or not the trial was real or staged made to look real. The name of the famous American case is The State of Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes‚ which had become commonly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. A high school teacher‚ known as John Scopes
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In Inherit The Wind‚ Bertram Cates was arrested for violating the Butler Act. Like John Scopes‚ a football coach and substitute teacher‚ he was also put on trial because of violating the Butler Act on July 10‚ 1925. The Butler Act is a law that prohibits a teacher from teaching evolution other than creationism. The theme of Inherit The Wind is the Importance of Freedom of Thought because everyone has different thoughts and ideas. Without a Freedom of Thought‚ there wouldn’t be any changes at all
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The Scopes Trial of 1925 was not simply a case to be tried‚ but a war to be fought on many fronts‚ set against the back drop of the hottest summer Dayton Tennessee had ever experienced. Along with the extraordinary temperature came the heat of passion emanating from those people involved in the trial. From the science to the theology‚ the fundamentalist’s folks to the flourishing flappers‚ and the suited lawyers to the appareled primates‚ everyone was prepared for battle‚ with the American public
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Hannover Jahrgang 11 * * 1.Semester * * * * * * * * FACHARBEIT * * * im Leistungskurs Englisch * * * * * * * The Scopes Trail and its heritage – * * the influence of fundamental Christian ideology * * on public life in the US * * * * * * * * * * * * Verfasser: Moritz Dittmar * * Kursleiter:
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The twentieth century Scopes trial may have started out as a simple debate between evolutionists and creationists‚ but quickly escalated to a debate of historic proportions. The 1920s were times of change in the United States‚ from women getting the right to vote to prohibition to changes in education‚ such as the Butler Act‚ which created unease and animosity throughout the country. The Butler Act of 1925 prohibited the teaching of evolution and any other theories that deny the story of the divine
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other hand; he looks from one volume to the other‚ balancing them thoughtfully‚ as if his hands were scales. He half-smiles‚ half-shrugs. Then DRUMMOND slaps the two books together and jams them in his briefcase‚ side by side. ) At the end of the trial‚ Henry Drummond finally learns to accept Darwinism with the Bible. He understands that they can exist together and that they don’t have to be exclusive. The lesson from the author is that Darwinism and the Bible should be equal and be treated fairly
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often victimizes individuals who have a value system or a personal sense of morality that does not conform with its own. William Shakespeare‚ Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee expertly articulate this concept within The Merchant of Venice and Inherit the Wind. Bertram Cates and Shylock experience multiple forms of persecution in each of their towns. The fact that both characters undergo a tangible penalty highlights the similarities as well as the differences between the two plays. Analyzing the various
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These conflicting views‚ which primarily revolved around morals and religious beliefs‚ came into light with the Scopes Trial. Prior to the Scopes Trial‚ John Washington Butler proposed a bill to the state of Tennessee that it would be “...a crime there to teach ‘any theory that denies the story of the Divine creation of man as taught in the Bible‚ and to teach instead that man
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these have come even more into light and relevance. Today the world fights topics such as homosexual marriages and abortion. In 1925‚ these conflicting ideas were different but on a similar topic‚ evolution. In the case of Tennessee vs. John Scopes‚ “the Monkey Trial‚” the recent discoveries of Charles Darwin had brought into question‚ are we related to monkeys? Even though the Butler Act was not scientific and not based on truth‚ its purpose was to maintain the traditional lifestyles that had been practiced
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Scopes Trial Opening Statement. We the defense‚ believe our client is innocent. Why you might ask‚ becuase no law was ever broken.According to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution‚ part of the Bill of Rights‚ prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion and what does this The Butler Act do? It outlawed in state-funded schools‚ including universities‚ the teaching of "any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible
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