Fundamentalism refers to an American Protestant movement during the turn of the twentieth century lead preacher Dwight Moody. It came to stand against new ideas of modern society, like the rise of new theology and religion being challenged by science. Fundamentalism designed laws to prevent any teaching of Darwinism and evolution, like the Butler Act. Soon after this Act was created a biology teacher from Dayton, Tennessee named John Scopes was sent to trial in July of 1925 for teaching about evolution. This trial quickly became a headline around the world. This was caused by the lawyers involved in the case. Bryan was prosecuting on behalf of Tennessee and Darrow defended Scope. These famous lawyers drew immense attention to the small town of Dayton. Soon, the town turned into a circus. Sideshow acts popped up everywhere. Food stands were built. Hotels were at capacity so people rented out rooms in their homes. This trial soon turned to the Scopes “Monkey” Trial. As the trial went on Scopes said that evolution was not against the bible and arranged a panel of scientists to testify. But the prosecution said that their data would be all opinion and could not be trusted. The defenses case almost fell apart when the judge reminded the jury the case was solely about if Scope had taught evolution or not. But the trial was over when the defense called Bryan to the stand. Darrow humiliated him by asking him a series of questions that led to the conclusion that Bryan does not believe in the literal translation of the bible. This ended the trial and eventually Dayton was freed on a technicality by the Tennessee Supreme Court. But the series of questions Darrow asked Bryan made him sick. Bryan died five years later without ever leaving Dayton