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Chapter Nine: America’s Anti-Evolution Crusade [201-218]

Analyze the historical validity:

Opposition to evolutionism in early 20th-century America is best described as science versus religion.

"Big Picture" Questions:

( Who was Billy Sunday & why did he oppose evolution?

( Memphis revival [QUOTE, 201]

( human origins & religious understanding

( linked to Social Darwinism, eugenics, other forms of biological determinism

( In the early 20th century how did Protestantism develop in America? How did different groups react to Darwinism?

( “fundamentalists” (1910s) & other conservatives

( What is Darwinism? (1874)

( survey of Protestant ministers (1927)

( Evolution & Religion (1885)

( Who was William Jennings Bryan & what factors led to his anti-evolution crusade of the 1920s?

( political career?

( arguments against evolution? [QUOTES, 208-09]

( compulsory secondary education?

( What was the background to the Butler Act in Tennessee & how did it spark the Scopes “Monkey” Trial in 1925?

( Bryan’s versus ACLU’s reaction?

( beginning of trial & treatment of John Scopes?

( role of Clarence Darrow?

( Describe the “Monkey Trial” and its consequences.

( press coverage? (“media circus”)

( defense team versus prosecution team? (strategies)

( Bryan takes the stand? (biblical literalism)

( Bryan versus Darrow [QUOTE, 216]

( overall results?

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