The Tennessee trial of John T. Scopes in 1925 illustrated a conflict concerning
a. free competition in the marketplace.
b. due process of law.
c. freedom of the press.
d. religious beliefs and scientific theories.
This case referred to the Butler Act, which actually forbade the teaching of evolution is public schools. Scopes was a teacher who insisted that evolution should be taught at schools, and he lost the case, but he succeeded in attracting attention to the problem.
The correct answer is: d. religious beliefs and scientific theories.
