Question

The Tennessee trial of John T. Scopes in 1925 illustrated a conflict concerning

a. free competition in the marketplace.
b. due process of law.
c. freedom of the press.
d. religious beliefs and scientific theories.

Answer 1

This case referred to the Butler Act, which actually forbade the teaching of evolution is public schools. Scopes was a teacher who insisted that evolution should be taught at schools, and he lost the case, but he succeeded in attracting attention to the problem.

The correct answer is:
d. religious beliefs and scientific theories.