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Fundamentalism
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Fundamentalism
 Traditional
values vs. New morality
 Nation declining
– Consumer culture
– Relaxed ethics
– Changing role of women
Fundamentalism
 Fundamentalism
– Rural
– Religious movement
– Bible literally true without error
– Moral behavior from God not society
– No evolution
 Charles
Darwin
 Humans evolved from lower species over
millions of years
– Creationism
Preachers—stirred supporters by
preaching in non traditional ways
Billy Sunday
 Huge crowds
 Showmanship
 Rapid-fire sermons
 Former pro
baseball player

Aimee Semple
McPherson
 Revivals
 Faith healings
 Flamboyant
 Theatrical

– Stage sets and
costumes
The Scopes Trial
 1925—Tenn
outlawed teaching that
denied “the story of the Divine
creation of man as taught in the
Bible” or taught that “man
descended from a lower order of
animals.”
 ACLU advertised for a teacher willing
to be arrested for violating this law
The Scopes Trial
 John
T. Scopes—a biology teacher
in Dayton, TN volunteered
 Trial in 1925
 William Jennings Bryan
– Three time pres candidate
– Prosecutor
– Represented creationists
The Scopes Trial
 Clarence
Darrow
– Celebrated lawyer
– Defended Scopes
8
days of trial
– Scopes guilty
– Fined $100
– Conviction later overturned on a
technicality
The Scopes Trial
 Was
broadcast over the radio
 Darrow’s blistering condemnation of
Bryan hurt the fundamentalist
movement
 Fundamentalists increasingly felt
isolated and their commitment to
political activism started to decline