Question

question 1 of 10
which statement best describes an outcome of the scopes trial?
a. fundamentalists were convinced that the guilty verdict would sway the wider culture to their perspective.
b. although darrow lost the case, many americans began to adopt modernist views.
c. darrow lost the case, and there was little movement of americans toward modernist views.
d. fundamentalists wanted a harsher punishment for scopes than the judge gave him.

Explanation:

The Scopes Trial (1925) centered on teaching evolution in schools. Clarence Darrow, defending Scopes, lost the legal case, but the trial's national publicity helped shift public opinion toward modernist, science-aligned views, weakening the cultural influence of fundamentalist perspectives. Options A, C, and D do not reflect the key long-term outcome of the trial.

Answer:

B. Although Darrow lost the case, many Americans began to adopt modernist views.