Scopes Monkey Trial

The decade of the 1920's brought about many changes in the way Americans thought
and lived. People were relieved the World War ended. New inventions were being
introduced to the public. Relaxed morals left behind the prim attitudes of earlier times.
But some things could not be easily changed. Science could not change religious beliefs.
It was in the early 1920's that they met head on. The 'war' between evolution and
religion was brought before the people.
Evolution is the study of how things are formed. It traces the life on earth through
millions of years. Charles Darwin, an Engli…