Moral Relativism In The 1920s Essay

America, the land of the free and home of the brave. In the 1920s America was the land of the liberal-minded urbanites and home of the traditional fundamentalists, divided by the stronghold call morals. The fundamentalists were people who mostly lived in the rural areas of America. These fundamentalists believed the city was a trick from the devil, the streets are littered with drunks and people who would mongrelize the American race. They wanted the pure white protestant race to be the only successful race in America. The liberal-minded urbanites mainly lived in the cities. They believed that if it is from the past is not relevant to the future, and believe our past is one of slavery, conquest and murder. There were five major moral differences …show more content…
Moral Relativism is an urban idea of intellectualism that discarded God. Christian fundamentalist became outraged with this concept and began a national crusade, the leader of this was William Jennings Bryan; he was still a popular political person in the rural politics of this time. Bryan used his political power in the south to create anti evolution bills. In 1925 the Tennessee legislature passed a bill outlawing the teaching of evolution in public schools and colleges. This bill created even more tension between liberal-minded urbanites and the traditional fundamentalists. In Dayton Tennessee, a teacher names John T. Scopes was found teaching evolution and was took to court for it. The publicity was worldwide, everyone knew about the “monkey” Trial. The case was nicknamed the “monkey” Trial because of Charles theory that humans evolved from monkeys. Before the opening day, the town of Dayton was booming with people, the hotel rooms were fool, there was not even standing room in the court room. William Jennings Bryan, served as the prosecution attorney, and Clarence Darrow, an agnostic, was the defense attorney. Both Bryan and Darrow agreed on one thing, to make this trial a public display to test the public education system. The day the trial began was July 13, 1925. The Judge ruled out a scientific testimony, which was not fair in my opinion, so Darrow set …show more content…
The automobile made suburb life possible, and made a great need for steel oil and glass production which created many jobs for Americans. Another new luxury for the 1920s was the new consumer goods that made life easier for many Americans. These luxury’s where house hold items such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, cameras and wristwatches. These items became increasingly available and moderately priced. Inventions such as telephones the radio, motion pictures, and automobiles made the world seem like a smaller place and Americas were traveling and communicating farther than ever before. With this new desire to travel came the need for better roads and by the end of the 1920s road building rankled first or second in most states