Monkey Trial

The 1920's proved to be great and sorrowful times for millions of people. These people had many great ideas which would improve mankind and still some others had ideas which were based upon ignorance and illogical morals. Some people were reluctant to accept the new age, as they did not want to except theories of evolution, progression, or bettering oneself. Even though they favored industrialization they fretted leaving the old ways behind. The South was particularly unwilling to accept the fact that the world was changing and that they had to accept new morals including Charles Darwin's theories of evolution. The South even showed their reluctance to change by passing the Butler act which prohibited the teaching of evolution. Due to the nature this law, John Scopes, a teacher was put on trial teaching evolution to broaden the views of his students.…