1. L.O: To categorise, order and analyse information about this case
3 January, 2019
What does the Monkey Trial tell us about divisions in 1920s American Society?
L.O:
To categorise, order and analyse information about this case

2. Background: Rural v Urban America
Traditional Values:
Hard work
Saving money
‘Clean living’
Vices of American society:
Self indulgence
Freer sex
Material goods

3. Religion v Science South and Midwest Bible Belt
Christian Fundamentalists (everything in the Bible IS literally true)
Book of Genesis – God created the world in 6 days
Evolution banned in 6 states as contradicted the Bible
Modernists – challenge/reject traditional ideas e.g religious beliefs as outdated
Darwin’s Evolution – life evolved over milllions of years
ACLU – American Civil Liberties Union (to defend and preserve US rights and liberties) wanted to the challenge anti-evolution law

4. The Key People William Jennings Bryan Democratic politician
Stood x3 for President
Fundamentalist (devout Presbyterian)
Clarence Darrow
Famous US criminal lawyer
Leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union
John Scope
Science Teacher in Tennessee who responded to the ACLU advertisement to challenge the anti-evolution law

5. Hmm, let’s do some thinking and linking then!
But what about the Bigger Picture here………

6. INTOLERANCE
Key words: fear division hatred

7. Describe the key features of the Monkey Trial in 1925 6 marks
Social divisions between urban and rural areas
Religious and Scientific confrontation between Christian Fundamentalists and modernists
The trial and its outcome / impact /significance.