The Scopes Trial; A Brief History with Documents,9780312294267

The Scopes Trial; A Brief History with Documents

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Pub. Date: 2002-04-20
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Summary

The Scopes Trial shocked America. Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes brought the question of teaching evolution in schools to every dinner table. In a lively interpretative introduction to the manuscript of the trial and subsequent newspaper reports, Jeffrey Moran analyzes the trial and its impact on the moral fiber of the country and the educational system, and examines the race and gender issues that arose from the debate. Telling political cartoons and evocative photographs add a colorful dimension to this collection, which also includes a chronology of events, questions for consideration, and a bibliography.

Author Biography

Jeffrey P. Moran has taught at Harvard and Brown, and currently operates out of the history department at the University of Kansas.

Table of Contents

Foreword iii
Preface iv
PART ONE Introduction: The Scopes Trial and the Birth of Modern America 1(72)
Evolution before the 1920s
3(5)
The Struggle against ``Modernity'' and Modernism
8(5)
William Jennings Bryan and the Antievolution Argument
13(7)
The Butler Bill and the Fight for the Public Schools
20(4)
Making a Test Case
24(4)
Opening Day: The Attorneys and Their Strategies
28(5)
Days Two through Four: Religious Freedom vs. Legislative Authority
33(6)
Days Five and Six: Experts and Outsiders
39(7)
And on the Seventh Day, Bryan Took the Stand
46(4)
Aftermath: From Scopes to Creationism
50(6)
South vs. North or Country vs. City? Region and Ruralism in the Antievolution Conflict
56(3)
The Role of the Schools: Academic Freedom vs. Majority Rule
59(7)
Race and Evolution
66(4)
Women and Gender in the Scopes Trial
70(3)
PART TWO The Scopes Trial Day by Day: Transcript and Commentary 73(98)
First Day's Proceedings: Friday, July 10, 1925
74(5)
Partial Text of the Butler Law (Transcript)
74(1)
Clarence Darrow Examines a Potential Juror (Transcript)
75(2)
Henry M. Hyde, Jury Pious, Dayton Hot, July 11, 1925
77(2)
Second Day's Proceedings: Monday, July 13, 1925
79(15)
Court Opened with a Prayer by Reverend Moffett of Rhea County (Transcript)
80(1)
Indictment Read (Transcript)
80(1)
Defense and Prosecution Dispute Butler Law's Constitutionality (Transcript)
81(6)
Darrow's Major Speech in Defense of Religious Liberty (Transcript)
87(6)
H. L. Mencken, Darrow's Speech Great but Futile, July 14, 1925
93(1)
Third Day's Proceedings: Tuesday, July 14, 1925
94(5)
Defense Objects to Prayers; Prosecution Defends Practice (Transcript)
94(4)
Nashville Tennessean, Courtroom Prayer Defended, July 21, 1925
98(1)
Fourth Day's Proceedings: Wednesday, July 15, 1925
99(8)
Darrow Proud of Agnosticism (Transcript)
99(1)
Raulston Rules on Motion to Quash Indictment; Cases Outlined (Transcript)
100(2)
Defense Pleads Not Guilty; Cases Outlined (Transcript)
102(1)
Examination of Howard Morgan, One of Scopes's Students (Transcript)
103(2)
W. O. McGeehan, Trial Shows Wisdom of Youth, October 1925
105(2)
Fifth Day's Proceedings: Thursday, July 16, 1925
107(29)
Defense Pleads for Expert Testimony (Transcript)
108(4)
``Plain Sense'' of Law Makes Experts Unnecessary, Argues Prosecution (Transcript)
112(4)
William Jennings Bryan's First Speech (Transcript)
116(10)
Dudley Field Malone Replies to Bryan (Transcript)
126(5)
Attorney General Stewart Answers Malone (Transcript)
131(3)
Joseph Wood Krutch, Fairness Lies on the Defense's Side, July 29, 1925
134(2)
Sixth Day's Proceedings: Friday, July 17, 1925
136(3)
Raulston Rejects Expert Testimony; Darrow Offends (Transcript)
136(1)
New Republic, Courts Should Not Rule over Legislature, July 8, 1925
137(2)
Seventh Day's Proceedings: Monday, July 20, 1925
139(23)
Darrow Objects to ``Read Your Bible'' Banner (Transcript)
139(4)
Darrow Questions William Jennings Bryan on the Stand (Transcript)
143(2)
Did the Whale Swallow Jonah? (Transcript)
145(1)
Could Joshua Command the Sun to Stand Still? (Transcript)
146(3)
Did the Flood Wipe Out Civilization? (Transcript)
149(4)
Darrow Questions Bryan on Genesis (Transcript)
153(7)
New York Times, Laughter at Bryan's Expense, July 21, 1925
160(2)
Eighth Day's Proceedings: Tuesday, July 21, 1925
162(9)
Court Strikes Bryan's Testimony (Transcript)
162(2)
Jury Reaches a Verdict; Scopes Speaks (Transcript)
164(2)
Farewell Remarks (Transcript)
166(2)
H. L. Mencken, Battle Now Over; Genesis Triumphant and Ready for New Jousts, July 18, 1925
168(3)
PART THREE The Scopes Trial and the Culture of the 1920s: The Documents 171(51)
Cartoonists Draw the Scopes Trial
171(9)
Dorman, No Wonder the Monkeys Are Worried, June 29, 1925
172(1)
Rogers, Disbelievers in the Evolution Theory, June 20, 1925
173(1)
Cross, Unduly Excited, June 25, 1925
174(1)
Cargill, Education in the Higher Branches, 1925
175(1)
Alley, The Light of Economic Liberty, May 7, 1925
176(2)
Baltimore Sun, Waiting, July 17, 1925
178(1)
Alley, What Manner of Material So Enduring? May 3, 1925
179(1)
Race and the Scopes Trial
180(9)
Chicago Defender, If Monkeys Could Speak, May 23, 1925
180(2)
W. E. B. Du Bois, Dayton Is America, September 1925
182(2)
Reverend John W. Norris, African Methodist Episcopal Church Minister Stands with Bryan, October 1925
184(1)
P. W. Chamberlain; Racial Hierarchy Proves Evolution, July 13, 1925
185(1)
George W Hunter, Race and Eugenics in A Civic Biology, 1914
186(3)
Educational Freedom and the Scopes Trial
189(10)
William Jennings Bryan, Who Shall Control Our Schoods? June 1925
189(3)
American Civil Liberties Union, Postwar Threats to Academic Freedom, 1931
192(1)
American Federation of Teachers, Concern over Intolerance, July 18, 1925
193(2)
American Association of University Professors, University Faculty Define Academic Freedom, 1915
195(2)
R. S. Woodworth, Tennessee Can Dictate Curriculum, Not Answers, August 29, 1925
197(2)
The Scopes Trial and the ``New Woman''
199(6)
Father Hugh L. McMenamin, A Catholic Priest Argues Women Are Surrendering Their Moral Duty, October 1927
199(2)
Regina Malone, A Flapper Responds to Attacks on Youths, July 1926
201(1)
Mrs. E. P Blair, A Tennessee Woman Calls for Battle against Evolutionist Outsiders, June 29, 1925
202(2)
Mrs. Jesse Sparks, A Tennessee Mother Writes to Support the Butler Act, July 3, 1925
204(1)
Religious Alternatives in the 1920s
205(5)
Sarah Comstock, Performing for the Lord: Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, December 1927
205(3)
Bruce Barton, Jesus as Business Executive, 1925
208(2)
An Invasion of ``Outsiders''?
210(12)
Reverend John Roach Straton, A Fundamentalist Defends Tennessee against Outside Invasion, December 26, 1925
210(2)
Vine Deloria Jr., A Modern Native American Scholar Decries the Invasion of European Science, 1995
212(3)
APPENDIXES
A Chronology of Events Related to the Scopes Trial (1859-1999)
215(3)
Questions for Consideration
218(2)
Selected Bibliography
220(2)
Index 222

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