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The 17 pages that link to Scopes trial, each with the reason it gives.

• Charles DarwinRelated: The trial shows how controversies over evolution persisted long after Darwin.

• CreationismRelated: The trial made the American conflict over evolution and creationism a national controversy.

• Jazz AgeRelated: Its public conflict over science, religion, and education exposed tensions beneath modernizing urban culture.

• Biblical literalismRelated: Its public debate linked biblical creation readings with resistance to evolutionary teaching.

• Science and religionBroader topic: It dramatized disputes over evolution, education, and biblical interpretation.

• William Jennings BryanBroader topic: Bryan joined the prosecution, making the trial a public confrontation over evolution and religious authority.

• Culture warBroader topic: The trial made the conflict between religious traditionalism and modern science a national spectacle.

• Religious fundamentalismBroader topic: Its publicity made the conflict between biblical authority and evolution nationally visible.

• Roaring TwentiesRelated: The trial dramatized conflict between religious traditionalism and modern science in the decade.

• H. L. MenckenBroader topic: Mencken’s vivid dispatches made the trial a national contest over science, religion, and education.

• Clarence DarrowRelated: Darrow defended Scopes and cross-examined William Jennings Bryan in this nationally publicized dispute over evolution.

• Inherit the WindNarrower topic: The trial supplied the historical framework, though the play changes names and details.

• Christian fundamentalismBroader topic: Its national coverage made fundamentalist opposition to evolution a public controversy.

• 1920sRelated: Its clash over science, religion, and modernity exposed cultural divisions beneath the decade’s glamour.

• History of creationismBroader topic: It made disputes over evolution and biblical authority a national public controversy.

• Relationship between science and religionBroader topic: It made evolution, biblical authority, and public education a highly visible American controversy.

• Religious opposition to evolutionBroader topic: It made the conflict over teaching evolution a nationally visible legal and cultural dispute.