The prosecution was on the side of the fundamentalist, against the defense-backed Modernist. The former argued that God’s word on creation, as was written in the holy bible was to be prioritized over human knowledge
D. The monopolizing of certain markets...
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed to Kansas, each side hoping to determine the results of the first election held after the law went into effect. ... Opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act helped found the Republican Party, which opposed the spread of slavery into the territories.