Question

1. John Scopes, the defendant in the 1925 Scopes trial, was

A)an attorney.
B)a journalist.
C)a judge.
D)a teacher.

2.Some proponents of Prohibition supported the policy on religious grounds because they
A)thought that Prohibition would help eliminate poverty.
B)associated excessive drinking with violent crime.
C)believed that alcohol should be used only for medicine.
D)viewed excessive drinking as immoral behavior.

Answer 1

1. D) a teacher

2. A) thought that Prohibition would help eliminate poverty.

Answer 2

The correct answer to number 1 is D) a teacher.

John Scopes was a substitute teacher in the state of Tennessee who was arrested for teaching the theory of evolution to his students. This was a direct violation of the Butler Act, a Tennessee state law that strictly prohibited this action. The resulting court case represented the divide in America between the religious and scientific communities.

The correct answer to number 2 is B) associated excessive drinking with violent crime.

Many proponents of Prohibition (aka making alcohol illegal in the US) were inspired by the Temperance movement. This movement was widely started by religious women who felt that alcohol was the cause of immoral actions and violence by men all over the US. This group believed that getting rid of alcohol in the US would decrease violence and domestic abuse.