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How did clarence darrow's defense of john scopes highlight the cultural and religious divisions between rural and urban areas?

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Darrow used science to try to cast doubt in traditional religious beliefs

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Clarence Darrow's defense of John Scopes highlighted the cultural and religious divisions between rural and urban areas as they revealed that rural areas were fundamentalist and prescribed to traditional beliefs. They embraced the Bible as the truth whereas the urban areas embraced modernism

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