HIST-3240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Civil Liberties Union, Roaring Twenties, Historical Theology
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Angriest reactions to changes came from the south. Just as the south was considered part of the nation again, events made it seem like it was not part of it. Made south seem backwards in america: prominence of h. l mencken: accused the south of cultural backward, sahara of the. Bozarts, south is almost as sterile intellectually artistically culturally as sahara desert, aristocracy of the civil war was gone and replaced, bible belt was cesspool of baptist and evangelism: scopes trial of 1925. Dayton, tennessee, passed law not allowing evolution to be taught in schools. American civil liberties union recruited people to teach evolution and if someone was charged they would pay their defense cost. New science teacher john scopes taught evolution in dayton and was charged. Prosecuting attorney was william jennings bryan believed in traditional morality and the bible. Mencken saw it as chance to attack the south. K(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as the (cid:862)mo(cid:374)key trial(cid:863: beginning of country music.
