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What was the 1925 Scopes Trial in Tennessee about?

a) Teaching the theory of evolution in school
b) Anarchists accused of murder and robbery
c) Farmer's rights to government loans
d) The frantic pace of life after the war and Prohibition

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The 1925 Scopes Trial in Tennessee was about teaching the theory of evolution in school and became a significant conflict over the role of science and religion in public schools and American society. option A is correct

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The 1925 Scopes Trial in Tennessee was about teaching the theory of evolution in school. John Scopes, a high school teacher, was found in violation of a state law that prohibited the teaching of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

The trial became a significant conflict over the role of science and religion in public schools and American society. option A is correct

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