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Fundamentalist Crusades of the Twenties Scopes Monkey Trial & Prohibition

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Fundamentalist Crusades of the Twenties Scopes Monkey Trial & Prohibition

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  1. Fundamentalist Crusadesof the TwentiesScopes Monkey Trial & Prohibition Presentation created by Robert Martinez Primary Content Source: America’s History Images as cited.

  2. The cultural shift of the Roaring Twenties did not sit well with Protestant America. Traditional women’s roles and fashions were changing. Jazz music and alcoholic spirits symbolized the lost path of Urban America. Fundamentalists looked to the strict adherence of the Bible to restore good “old-fashioned” morality. donaldsullivan.wordpress.com

  3. In 1925, the Tennessee state legislature made it “unlawful… to teach any theory [Darwin] that denies the story of the Divine creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.” theroaringtwenties1.weebly.com

  4. Charles Darwin is controversial for his work on natural selection, the idea that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors. commons.wikimedia.org

  5. Not only did Darwin develop the idea of natural selection, he also presented compelling evidence from his detailed research which included a five year voyage on the HMS Beagle. Voyages of HMS Beagle

  6. Darwin’s 1859 book ‘The Origin of Species’, detailed much of his research on natural selection, it contained a large amount of evidence to back up his ideas and became a landmark work in the field of evolutionary biology.

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  8. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which had been formed during the Red Scare to protect free speech rights, challenged the constitutionality of the law. people.ucls.uchicago.edu

  9. The ACLU intervened in the trial of John T. Scopes, a high school biology teacher, who had taught the principles of evolution to his class and faced a jail sentence for doing so.

  10. npr.org

  11. The case attracted national attention because Clarence Darrow, a famous criminal lawyer, defended Scopes, and William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate and ardent fundamentalist, spoke for the prosecution. pierretristam.com

  12. Clarence Darrow

  13. William Jennings Bryan

  14. The press dubbed the Scopes Trial the “Monkey Trial.” fineartamerica.com

  15. The label referred both to Darwin’s argument that human beings and primates share a common ancestor and to the circus atmosphere at the trial, which was broadcast live over Chicago radio station WGN.

  16. motls.blogspot.com

  17. The jury took only 8 minutes to deliver its guilty verdict. tn4me.org

  18. Though the Tennessee Supreme Court overturned Scope’s conviction, the controversial law remained on the books for more than thirty years. ebay.com

  19. For a more complete description of the Scope Trial –Click on the link below. http://historymartinez.wordpress.com/?s=scopes

  20. Like the dispute over evolution, Prohibition – the “noble experiment,” as it was called – involved the power of the state to enforce social values. myswingarchives.blogspot.com

  21. Americans drank less after the 18th Amendment took effect in January 1920, but those who continued to drink gave the decade its reputation as the Roaring Twenties. pbs.org

  22. Urban ethnic groups, German, Irish, Italian, had long opposed restrictions on drinking and refused to comply with the new law. pinterest.com

  23. Some brewed their own beer or distilled “bathtub gin.” nightout.com

  24. Many others patronized illegal saloons, called speakeasies, that sprang up everywhere, there were more than 30,000 speakeasies in New York City alone. legendsofamerica.com

  25. Liquor smugglers operated with ease along Canadian and Mexican borders, and used speedboats to land cargoes of wine, gin, and liquor along the Atlantic Coast. knowbc.com

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  27. Organized crime which already had a presence among Italians and Jews in major cities, took over the bootleg trade and grew wealthy from its profits. Al Capone hempbeach.com

  28. The “noble experiment” turned out to be a dismal failure. sites.google.com

  29. Those Americans who favored repeal of the 18th Amendment, the “wets”, slowly built support for their cause in Congress and the state legislatures. prohibitionrepeal

  30. The coming of the Great Depression hastened the process, so politicians looked for ways to create jobs and raise tax revenue. Repealing the amendment would supply both. en.wikipedia.org

  31. With the ratification of the 21th Amendment on December 5, 1933, nationwide Prohibition came to an end.

  32. For further information regarding the Prohibition Era click on the link below. http://historymartinez.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/prohibition-photostory.ppt

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