The “monkey trial” of 1925 happens during the era where traditional values faced the challenge of modern values. The trial revealed conflicting attitude of the society at that time. A society trying to find their identity in the middle of great change brought upon by advancing technology, science, and economics. The traditionalist who are mainstreamed, places a high values on their religious beliefs was not prepare for change and are manipulating the law to maintain their position and power in the society. Their identity, ideals, mindset, lifestyle, beliefs, was questioned, tested, and threatened by the very expansion of science, experiments, the great migration, and industrialisms in the early 1920 . The authority of the Bible was being put
