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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Internal conflict, confusion, and maneuvering characterize which side in the days before the state supreme court hears the case?

2. The modern Scopes legend arises in part by the release of Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s and what other film?

3. Both sides predict victory, yet the ACLU also makes plans for what?

4. Tennessee outlaws teaching that denies the biblical account of creation, so the defense wants to show what?

5. The anti-evolution crusade continues for a period after the trial, but fundamentalist political activity declines by when?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was there any middle ground between the modernists and fundamentalists?

2. What did McCarthy-era attacks bring the Scopes trial to symbolize?

3. What does Bryan do the first weekend after jury selection?

4. How is Bryan at the center of the pretrial publicity?

5. What does Bryan do upon conclusion of the Scopes trial?

6. What transpires in the 1950s?

7. Why does the prosecution object to Darrow questioning Metcalf?

8. Which side is seen as the true winner of the Scopes trial?

9. How is Dayton left following the trial?

10. What Scopes legend arose from 1931-1960?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the media play in the Scopes trial? How does it view the press releases and lectures that the lawyers of both sides offer?

Essay Topic 2

What effects upon collective memories of trial events transpire over time? How does the socio-political context of subsequent time periods influence these effects?

Essay Topic 3

What strategic planning takes place on both the parts of the prosecution and the defense? Why do they pursue their different approaches?

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