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Who was scopes and what did they do?
John Thomas Scopes was a high school biology teacher who was accused of teaching evolution in 1925. In the famous Scopes Trail he was found guilty, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality. The trial represents the fight between the creation vs. evolution, led by the fundamentalists and the creationists.
Does the teaching of evolution violate the 1st amendment?
no it does not
John t scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of?
evolution
Why was john scopes put on trial?
in 1925, he broke Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of Darwinism to his students. *back then, the state and religion wasn't separated*
Did the Butler Act outlawed teaching of creation?
The Butler Act, enacted in Tennessee in 1925, specifically prohibited the teaching of any theory that denied the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible, which effectively outlawed the teaching of evolution in public schools. This law was famously challenged in the Scopes Monkey Trial, where teacher John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution. The act was a significant moment in the debate over science and religion in education. Ultimately, while it targeted the teaching of evolution, it did not outright ban the concept of creationism itself.
During the 1920s fundamentalists gained attention for their belief in what?
In the 1920's the Fundamentalists gained attention for their belief in the repeal of the theory of evolution. There were movements banning the teaching of evolution in the classroom. Fundamentalists led this movement.
Why did fundamentalists in Tennessee pass a law about teaching science?
They did not want students to learn the theory of evolution in school.
Christian fundamentalists in the 1920s opposed?
In Religion a fundamentalist believes in a literal interpretation (as he understands it) of what he reads, teaching evolution
What occurred when the teaching of evolution was challenged by fundamentalists?
I think it was 1987 when the Supreme Court ruled that no state could block the teaching of evolution and that creationism was religion and violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.
What were 2 things fundamentalists objected to do?
alcohol and the theory of evolution
What were two things fundamentalists objected to?
Alcohol and the theory of evolution
Who was scopes and what did they do?
John Thomas Scopes was a high school biology teacher who was accused of teaching evolution in 1925. In the famous Scopes Trail he was found guilty, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality. The trial represents the fight between the creation vs. evolution, led by the fundamentalists and the creationists.
How has fundamentalists affected society?
Fundamentalists are very cohesive and organized political groups. They usually oppose equal rights for women and homosexuals, oppose scientific family planning, the teaching of evolution in schools, and seek governmental support/establishment of religion. In the U.S. they support militarism, the arm race, anti-communism and a pro-Zionist establishment of Israel as part of apocalyptic ideology.
Why do fundamentalists oppose all forms of evolution?
Because they feel it disagrees with a literal interpretation of Genesis......they will say that evolution has no scientific evidence to support it and try to come up with arguments against it, but the bottom line is they just don't WANT to believe it, and so reject it at face value.
What was the result of the scopes 'monkey trail'?
The law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was upheld
When did the monkey trial take place?
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
Who were Protestant believers who strongly resisted liberal protestantism's attempts to adapt doctrines to Darwinism evolution and biblical criticism?
Fundamentalists were Protestant believers who strongly resisted liberal Protestantism's attempts to adapt doctrines to Darwinian evolution and biblical criticism. They believed in a literal interpretation of the Bible and rejected the idea of evolution and critical scholarship of the Bible.
