Scopes Monkey Trial
Political:
- The Fundamentalists won a hollow victory, for the absurdities of the trial cast ridicule on their cause.
- This trial showed the clash between old beliefs and new beliefs.
- Increasing numbers of Christians were coming to reconcile the revelations of religion with the findings of modern science. However, Fundamentalism, with its emphasis on a literal meaning of the Bible, remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life.
Economical:
- Scopes was found guilty and fined $100.
- Rockefeller Foundation launched a public health program.
Social:
- John T. Scopes, a high-school biology teacher from Tennessee, was indicted for teaching evolution.
- Scopes was defended by nationally known attorneys, while William Jennings Bryan, a devote Presbyterian Fundamentalist, joined the prosecution.
- A famed criminal lawyer, Clarence Darrow, made Bryan appear foolish. Five days later Bryan died from a stroke.
- This proved the clash between theology and biology was inconclusive.
- The Fundamentalists won a hollow victory, for the absurdities of the trial cast ridicule on their cause.
- This trial showed the clash between old beliefs and new beliefs.
- Increasing numbers of Christians were coming to reconcile the revelations of religion with the findings of modern science. However, Fundamentalism, with its emphasis on a literal meaning of the Bible, remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life.
Economical:
- Scopes was found guilty and fined $100.
- Rockefeller Foundation launched a public health program.
Social:
- John T. Scopes, a high-school biology teacher from Tennessee, was indicted for teaching evolution.
- Scopes was defended by nationally known attorneys, while William Jennings Bryan, a devote Presbyterian Fundamentalist, joined the prosecution.
- A famed criminal lawyer, Clarence Darrow, made Bryan appear foolish. Five days later Bryan died from a stroke.
- This proved the clash between theology and biology was inconclusive.