Question
The Scopes trial
© represented victory of the fundamentalist movement in America.
© concerned a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools.
• pitted William Howard Taft, former U.S. president and confessed agnostic, for the prosecution
against fundamentalist Clarence Darrow for the defense.
• brought Americans together on the subject of education.
Answer
The Scopes trial was a legal battle between William Howard Taft and Clarence Darrow over a state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools, which ultimately represented a victory for the fundamentalist movement in America and brought Americans together on the subject of education.