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"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
Genesis 1:1
"For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse."
Romans 1:20
"So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them."
Genesis 1:27
Due to the great effects that the changes in religious belief had on society, American politics were also greatly affected. One major impact was a result of the Scopes Monkey Trial. After the trial many politicians sided with either modernists or fundamentalists, attempted to reach out to those voters on their side, and tried to bring over voters of the opposing side. Most politicians from the West and South sided with fundamentalists while people from the Northeast sided mainly with modernists. This created another great rift between the American people and caused politics to become more religiously motivated. Politicans who supported fundamentalism usually made greater gains since they promised to change the verdict of the Scopes Monkey Trial, while modernists said they would push for religion to be completely removed from most schools.
Modernism is an idea that has the goal of revising Christian teaching systems to include the theory of evolution and other forms of modern science. This idea was supported mainly by Protestants in the northern United States. Fundamentalism is the belief of preserving the Christian teaching system and being more strict against teaching things that contradict the Bible. Southern schools banned most teachings of evolution altogether which caused the Scopes Monkey Trial: a Supreme Court case that fought for the right to teach evolution in schools that so closely followed the Bible. The Supreme Court ruled it as a restriction on belief and allowed it to be taught in schools across America. This caused a great social impact as more people were becoming secular and not as religious due to the new teachings that contradicted the Bible. This caused the great "schism" of the 1920s and 1930s which sparked many religious debates around the country. This created a great rift between people in the Northeast, Southeast, and West. While most people followed modernism, however, a sizable population of Americans stuck with fundamentalism. This, of course, brought changes to the everyday lives of many Americans and affected almost every other aspect of the country.
Primary Sources:
Tripler's Report on Sanitation in the Army of the Potomac EHISTORY, ehistory.osu.edu/sites/ehistory.osu.edu/files/mmh/clash/Scopes/IndexImages/htmlpages/evolutiondiagram.htm.
Tripler's Report on Sanitation in the Army of the Potomac EHISTORY, ehistory.osu.edu/sites/ehistory.osu.edu/files/mmh/clash/Scopes/IndexImages/htmlpages/monkies.htm.
http://www.artandpoliticsnow.com/modernism-in-the-1920s/
http://americainclass.org/sources/becomingmodern/modernity/text4/colcommentarymodernfaith.pdf
Secondary Sources:
Neumeyer, Elizabeth, et al. Out of Many: a History of the American People: Study Guide. Prentice Hall, 1999.
User, Super. “State v. John Scopes (‘The Monkey Trial’): An Account.” Famous Trials, famous-trials.com/scopesmonkey/2127-home.
The First Great Awakening, Divining America, TeacherServe®, National Humanities Center, nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/twenty/tkeyinfo/tscopes.htm.
“Media Significance - Influence of Scopes Trial of 1925.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/influenceofscopestrialof1925/change-the-banner.