Use what you know from your reading and explain how the Scopes Trial was a reflection of the 1920s cultural clashes and evidence of a changing society.

Traditionalism finally bowed to the forces of urban secularism.

Explanation:

There was a cultural-religious conflict over the topic of evolution of humans between the traditionalists who believed in the teachings of Bible and the modern secular people who emphasized on scientific explanation. The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes popularly known as The Scopes Trial, refered to a court case in the United States in 1925 during which John T. Scopes (a school teacher) was convicted of violating the Tennessee Butler Act, according to which it was against the law to teach scientific human evolution classroom.

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the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.