Scopes Monkey Trial
Title: Scopes Monkey Trial
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 1882 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Scopes Monkey Trial
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 1882 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
The decade of the 1920's brought about many changes in the way Americans thought and lived. People were relieved the World War ended. New inventions were being introduced to the public. Relaxed morals left behind the prim attitudes of earlier times.
But some things could not be easily changed. Science could not change religious beliefs.
It was in the early 1920's that they met head on. The 'war' between evolution and religion was brought before
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proved the theory of creation yet both still claim their beliefs are facts.
The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial brought more people into the holy war. It let people express their own opinions and people benefited from the experience of the court case itself. It was the beginnings for media manipulation of major issues. Information became readily available to the masses due to improved communication technology.
Freedom of speech survived and we still have this right today.