The Scopes trial was an example of the cultural conflicts that existed in American society in the 1920s because; It represented the conflict between Fundamentalists and supporters of evolution.
The Scopes trial was born when a teacher named John T. Scopes violated Tennessee's Butler's Act that made it illegal for evolution to be taught in schools in the state.
The Act represented Fundamentalist ideas while Scope was on the side of Evolution.
Scopes represented the supporters of evolution deliberately because they wanted to draw the attention of the public to the matter.
In the year 1962, the Supreme Court of the United States banned the state-sponsored prayer in the public schools of New York.
The Supreme Court ruled in the Engel V. Vitale that it is unlawful that the public officers prepare an formal school prayer and promote its recitation in the schools.
Engels V. Vitale was one of the milestone cases ruled by the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Supreme Court held that the recitation of written prayers in public was unconstitutional as it infringes the Establishment Clause of Amendment First to the U.S. Constitution.
