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Early Twentieth Century Colonel Sartoris
836 wordsWilliam Faulkner wrote many stories depicting society during the early twentieth century. In his stories Barn Burning and A Rose for Emily, Faulkner discusses how rich whites mistreat the tenant farmers who in turn abuse the blacks, tells about Colonel Sartoris Scopes dilemma when his father wants him to lie, and explains how Emily was mistreated by men. Through his works, Faulkner discusses society of the pre-Depression era by explaining the class distinction, adulteration of morals, and subord...
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Tension Between The Traditionalists Traditionalists And The Modernists Scopes
456 wordsDuring the 1920 s there was much tension between the traditionalists and the modernists. The best example of this conflict was that of the Scopes trial and the changes in the lifestyles and values of the American youth. In both cases the traditionalists and the The first example of the tension between the traditionalists and the modernists was the unfriendly fire from the fundamentalists on the new science and progressive education in the 1920 s. These old time religionists believed that the tea...
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Butler Act Christian Beliefs Scopes
448 wordsIn 1925, schools had a very standard and general curriculum. Much of this curriculum was based on Christian beliefs and morals. No one dreamed of challenging these values. Especially in the school classroom, where budding minds strived for new knowledge, and any new ideas could possibly spark secular beliefs totally contradictory to what was taught in Christian households. When John Thomas Scopes, a science teacher in a rural Tennessee school, began to teach evolution in his classroom, a violati...
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Theory Of Evolution One Of The Most Famous
1,304 words... ions to the Theory of Natural Selection discuss problems that people may have about evolution. Many people have argued that although Darwin's theory includes many transitional species, none of these have been found on fossil record. Darwin's views on this issue are that the geological records are imperfect, as fossilization can only occur under certain conditions, often rare, in nature. For instance, no fossils of monkeys living in tropical rain forests have ever been found, for it is too we...
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William Jennings Bryan Man Has Evolved
1,759 wordsThe Scopes Monkey Trial is considered to be one of the biggest trials in the history of the United States. The trial took place in the 1920 s, in a small town of Tennessee called Dayton. The trial was of a twenty four year old science teacher and a football coach named John T. Scopes. He was accused of opposing the Butler Act, which forbade the teaching of evolution in public schools and universities (Encarta). The trial was famous worldwide as it divided the United States in the opinion of Darw...
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Scopes Monkey Trial Of 1925
1,977 wordsThe 1920 s has been characterized by a period of new thinking and a dispute between traditional beliefs and modernization (Bosnia). The era became known as a time of contradiction in peoples thoughts and ideas. After World War 1, fundamentalism soared in popularity, particularly in the South and Midwest. Fundamentalists believed in a literal interpretation of the Bible, and saw the Darwin theory of evolution as a threat to Christianity (The Scope Monkey Trial-July 10, 1925). So opposed to evolut...
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Tennessee V Scopes Trial Fact Or Fiction
876 wordsIn 1925 the court case of Tennessee v. Scopes received national attention, and gained legendary status. This case was the direct result over the nationwide debate on weather Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution, or the bibles account of Genesis, should be taught in public schools, and also effected what was being taught in the public school system. In the years leading up to 1960, and the release of the Hollywood film Inherit the Wind the facts of the scopes trial became very distorted from the ...
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000 Years Ago Theory Of Evolution
1,288 wordsCreationism is the theory that man, the earth, and the rest of the universe was originally created rather than randomly exploding from nothingness into chance existence. We reside on the surface of a small superbly crafted, autonomous self regulating space vehicle. Together with survival, conquest and death we bear witness to beauty, fragrances, love and music. Think about this. Mathematics, philosophy, springtime, depravity, farming, courtship, quasars, and bubble gum; all came from nothingness...
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Grand Jury Supreme Court
1,232 wordsEncouraged by George Rappelyea, (a mining engineer who managed six local coal and iron mines owned by the Cumberland Coal Company), a group of leading citizens in the small town of Dayton - the 'drug store conspirators' - decided to accept the ACLU's offer, in the hope that the publicity surrounding the trial would help to reverse the town's declining fortunes. On May 4 th the group recruited John Scopes, football coach and occasional stand-in teacher at Rhea County High School as the subject fo...
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The Scopes Trial Case For Teaching Part 1
1,591 wordsThe Scopes Trial: The Case for Teaching Evolution The Scopes trial set the stage for widespread acceptance of teaching Evolution in America's classrooms. During the early 1900 s an anti-evolution movement swept through the United States. Helping ease the commotion was the fact that very few Americans attended high school during the nineteenth century. Almost none attended schools in the southern states. The anti-evolution crusade lacked a specific political or legal objective until Kentucky's Ba...
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The Scopes Trial Case For Teaching Part 2
1,585 words... religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. This trial cultivated more journalistic excitement than a civil celebration or riot. An author observed, The press has made this story. Its spotlight has been turned upon Dayton [Tennessee] as if by a common agreement among all editors everywhere that it was naturally the thing to...
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Ku Klux Klan 18 Th Amendment
880 wordsDuring the period of the 1920 s, American lifestyle was transforming into a new modern development. The modern development met against a series of spirited and, at times, effective rebellions. The tension between new and changing attitudes, and traditional values and nostalgia, was manifested in tense cultural conflicts. The modernizing currents and tension between the old versus new ideals were most apparent in the areas of religion, race / ethnic , and women. All met with harsh criticism, oppo...
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Darwin Theory Evolution Science
1,101 wordsCreation v. Evolution: An Educational View Many words have been written about the origins of things. Numerous ancient people believed that several powerful gods were responsible for creating human beings (Warburton 12). Another theory is parallel evolution, humans evolving simultaneously in several parts of the world (Allman, 54). The metaphysical assumptions and moral implications demonstrated in aspects of evolution theory have been a source of conflict for over one hundred years. Pre-Darwinia...
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Theory Of Evolution Fear Of Communism
762 wordsThe 1920 s were times of cultural revolution. The times were changing in many different ways. Whenever the times change, there is a clash between the " old" and the " new" generations. The 1920 s were no exception. In Dayton, Tennessee, 1925, a high school biology teacher was arrested. He was arrested because he taught the theory of evolution. The teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of having violated the Butler Act. This was a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of the ...
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Inherit The Wind Teaching Evolution
383 wordsInherit the wind is a story about the Tennessee law that states that a teacher is not allowed to teach students about the evolution of man or in other words religion. The following will discuss the differences between the book version and inherit the wind movie version. There are many differences between the book version and the movie version of inherit the wind for example in the movie inherit the wind the actual names of either the participants or places it portrays are fictional sure the name...
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Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties
601 wordsIn March 1925, Tennessee passed a law that made teaching evolution a crime. The state legislature passed the law forbidding public schools to teach the theory taught by Darwin, that humans evolved from lower forms of life through evolution, rather than from a single omnipotent creator as suggested in the biblical book of Genesis. The American Civil Liberties Union was outraged this restriction and promised to defend any teacher who challenged the new law. John T. Scopes a football coach and subs...
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