Scopes MOnkey Trial

The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925

The tumultuous twenties were a time in which there was much commotion and chaos. The country was emerging out of World War 1, where many Americans in the South and Midwest turned to their faith for comfort (Background, November 26, 2001). In the rest of the country, technology flourished and America was becoming an industrialized nation. Many new inventions were being built and the nation was becoming more and more urbanized. Because of the changes the nation was bargaining with, there was a steady struggle between liberal and modern viewpoints. While children and adolescents were busy with the fads of a new youth culture, some conservative parents blamed the wave of new ideas sweeping the nation for the schism between the generations. The controversies that took place in the twenties most often dealt with the challenges that new ideas presented to the more traditional values of the Victorian period. During the twenties, two groups became extrem...