ARTH 337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Art Deco, Herbert Hoover, Biblical Literalism
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Scopes trial over legality of teaching evolution in the classroom; brings to light contention b/w fundamentalism v. modernism (biblical literalism v. science) Outcome found that teaching evolution in the classroom does not violate church and state or state religion laws but instead, merely prohibits the teaching of evolution on the grounds of intellectual disagreement . Coal use shrinks as oil becomes prominent throughout decade. Gdp experiences growth (20s seen as last gasp of unregulated robber- baron capitalism) Robber baron derogatory metaphor of social criticism originally applied to certain late 19th-cent. businessmen who were accused of using shady methods to get rich. L"exposition internationale des arts decoratifs et industriels moderns. Social, cultural, and technological landscape: 1925 1928. Nbc founded as us"s 1st major broadcast network. Charles lindbergh makes first flight across the ocean. Amelia earhart, 1st woman to fly solo across the atlantic (left): gate into the exposition, Birth of art deco (right): colour woodblock poster for.
