supporters. Inherit the Wind further expanded on this idea by having numerous people gather in the center of town with anti-evolution and pro creationist signs at the beginning of the film. After the first the day of the trial reverend Brown had a sermon where John Thomas Scopes was damned to hell. Even though some of these parts are exaggerated in the movie for dramatic effect it still paints a clear picture about how people in this town value their
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in schools. Bertram Cates is put on trial for teaching his students the concept of evolution. This film is based on incidents from the 1920s‚ during which religion was prominent and the
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Wind gave an ample‚ in depth view as to what the Scopes Trial was all about. The film uses information about the trial and the law it was about‚ but most times misconstrues that information. The film does give a great perspective as to what the actual trial was all about‚ but it is not very factual. The movie portrays some in a positive way and others in a negative way‚ but overall the movie Inherit the Wind get its point across about the Scopes Trial while being extremely inaccurate. The movie Inherit
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to those containing degrees of complexity. Once achieved‚ a heavy emphasis on the history of fundamentalism will be undertaken that will allow the reader to appreciate what it is and how its rise in the twentieth century came about. The 1925 Scopes monkey trial will be mentioned alongside two instances in New Zealand history. The reason for mentioning these is because the first will illustrate that religious ideals in colonial New Zealand were very much in line with fundamentalist thinking and the
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written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee to inform its readers about the injustice of a law that limited the freedom of an ordinary citizen. This play is based upon actual events that happened to an individual‚ John Scopes‚ in Dayton‚ Tennessee during the 1920’s. This famous "Monkey Trial" not only allowed people to begin to accept new theories about the origin of man‚ but also showed that they did not have to limit themselves in other areas of life. In the beginning of the play‚ the authors try
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These conflicting views‚ which primarily revolved around morals and religious beliefs‚ came into light with the Scopes Trial. Prior to the Scopes Trial‚ John Washington Butler proposed a bill to the state of Tennessee that it would be “...a crime there to teach ‘any theory that denies the story of the Divine creation of man as taught in the Bible‚ and to teach instead that man
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play that depicts the events of the Scopes Trial in 1925. The Scopes Trial or “Monkey Trial” was held in Dayton‚ Tennessee. Previous to the trial‚ the Butler Act was passed in Tennessee to ban the teaching of evolution. In an attempt to test the law‚ high school teacher John Scopes taught the theory of evolution to his class. After violating the act‚ Scopes was taken to jail where he waited for a trial to be held. Clarence Darrow would later represent him in the trial against William Jennings Bryan on
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Social Darwinism fueled imperialism by making imperialistic nations believe that their imperialistic ventures were a natural turn of events and not a cruel‚ opressionistic system of government. These imperialistic nations exploited other nations and cultures and their troops’ motivation was the glory of the nation and the eradication of the weaker races on earth. These soldiers believed in Social Darwinism. Also‚ nations were able to become imperialistic because of the support of their people. They
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Science vs. Religion Inherit the wind is the movie about the Scopes trial which took place in 1925 in Dayton‚ Tennessee. The Scopes trial was between the Christian belief of creation and Darwin’s theory of evolution. A school teacher named Bertram Cates was arrested from the high school where he was teaching the Darwin’s theory of evolution. This was because at that time of period it was against the law to teach about human creation unless it was from the Bible.
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SEEING RED -As communism swept through Russia‚ there was a fear that labor unions were influenced by the Bolsheviks - “Red Scare” of 1919-1920 (1st Red Scare) * Crusade led by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer against the suspected communists * Thousands of Americans were arrested *Impact of the Red Scare: - Business people used it to help break unions - Sacco and Vanzetti *Two Italian immigrants (anarchists‚ atheists‚ draft dodgers) charged with murder‚ found guilty and executed
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