Today, Evolution in American schools
The sourced listed above helped me grasp a broader sense on the shift of the public perception on evolution and the theories regarding it in American society. From prior knowledge (APUSH) I had known a little about the trial of John Scopes, known as the Scopes or Monkey Trial, and how it had a profound impact on aiding to remove religion form school practices. Though, I was unfamiliar with the fact that it also had a profound impact on bringing Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection to light in the United States. The sources helped aid my arguments as they bestowed upon me great information about how Darwin’s theories caught on much faster and easier in Europe, and through the long, fight and trial in The United States, the theories were eventually able to assimilate with religion and become commonplace in schools today.