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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The anti-evolution movement develops during the 1920s as it does due to Bryan's leadership and what else?

2. Who spurs the idea that science and religion conflict, and deny a growing consensus among theologians and scientists by the 1900s?

3. The scene that the author refers to in his Introduction is said to be reminiscent of what dramatic scenes?

4. On May 25, what does the grand jury hear?

5. Which man, Darrow or Bryan, eventually backs down from the challenges the Scopes trial presents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the similarities Darrow will present in comparison to Bryan?

2. What initial legislative reform does Bryan seek prior to Tennessee?

3. What key individuals come aboard the day after George W. Rappleyea?

4. In what fashion does defense attorney Darrow question Bryan?

5. What is Georges Cuvier's theory that is more widely accepted than Chevalier de Lamarck's?

6. Why does the National Civil Liberties Bureau change its name to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)?

7. What is the position that Bryan comes to aid in prosecuting?

8. Why is it that the anti-evolution crusade revives in the 1920s?

9. What does federalism grow out of?

10. How is it that this case does not seem normal from the start?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the development of a powerful anti-evolution movement, as well as discovery of additional fossils and evidence for evolution necessary for the Scopes trial as it takes place?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Piltdown skull? What is its significance? What leads scientists to believe it was hominoid? What was unique about the jaw? What was Arthur Smith Woodward's connection to the skull and his importance? Why is it the larger American begins to take notice?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the timing of the anti-evolution movement in the 1920s so pivotal? How does the combination of compulsory education and child labor laws factor in?

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