1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925)

  • A

    Defended slavery in the border South under a postbellum legal challenge

  • B

    Pitted Bryan vs Darrow over teaching evolution; reflected urban-rural cultural tension

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  • C

    Was a labor injunction case pitting striking miners against federal troops

  • D

    Was a wartime court-martial of a Tennessee militia officer for desertion

Explanation

Scopes was convicted, but the verdict was later overturned on a technicality.

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