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=== Scopes trial ===
 
=== Scopes trial ===
 
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Initial reactions in the United States to Darwin's theory were largely not political.  According to Darwin Biographer Mr. James Moore, Darwin's colleague [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] conducted a tour "trumpeting Darwin's cause in America" in 1886–1887.<ref>{{hnb|Tippett|2006}}  Darwian biographer Mr. James Moore's characterization of Wallace's tour, as he was being interviewed by Krista Tippet on ''Speaking of Faith''.</ref>  Wallace's explanations were generally accepted without many problems, but attitudes changed after the [[First World War]].<ref>{{hnb|Tippett|2006}}</ref>  The controversy became political when public schools began using textbooks teaching that man evolved from monkeys in accordance with Charles Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.  In response, the State of [[Tennessee]] passed a law (the [[Butler Act]] of 1925) prohibiting the teaching of any theory of the origins of humans that contradicted the teachings of the Bible.  This law was tested in the highly publicized [[Scopes trial]] of 1925.  The law was upheld by the Tennessee Supreme Court, and remained on the books until 1967 when it was repealed.
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Initial reactions in the United States to Darwin's theory were largely not political.  According to Darwin Biographer Mr. James Moore, Darwin's colleague [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] conducted a tour "trumpeting Darwin's cause in America" in 1886–1887.<ref>{{hnb|Tippett|2006}}  Darwian biographer Mr. James Moore's characterization of Wallace's tour, as he was being interviewed by Krista Tippet on ''Speaking of Faith''.</ref>  Wallace's explanations were generally accepted without many problems, but attitudes changed after the [[First World War]].<ref>{{hnb|Tippett|2006}}</ref>  The controversy became political when public schools began using textbooks teaching that man evolved from monkeys, in what was believed to be accordance with Charles Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.  In response, the State of [[Tennessee]] passed a law (the [[Butler Act]] of 1925) prohibiting the teaching of any theory of the origins of humans that contradicted the teachings of the Bible.  This law was tested in the highly publicized [[Scopes trial]] of 1925.  The law was upheld by the Tennessee Supreme Court, and remained on the books until 1967 when it was repealed.
    
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