... became the most reported-on man in America. He was not an actor, an athlete, or a politician. He was on trial for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. The trial later came to be known as "Scopes Trial," after John Scopes, the defendant. But this was not a trial to see ... victory go to the ACLU. The Butler Act in Tennessee forbade the teaching of human evolution as written by Charles Darwin. In its place, teachers were to only teach the story of Creation as found in Genesis, the first book of the Bible. This, and thirty-six similar laws, was seen as an ... infringement on civil libert...

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... societies grip, as opposed to the idea of socially acceptable behaviors. Americans talked of Freudian theories, and refused to accept alcohol prohibition. The older traditionalists feared this new wave of free thinkers and were determined to pummel these people into the depths of the earth. Unfortunately for them, the new modernists wouldn't simply fade away. In 1859, Charles Darwin published "Origin of Species," a book that challenged the old ideas ... of divine intervention and the six days, as stated in the book of Genesis. These new ideas of natural selection and evolution were pres...

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• Grade Level: High School