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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: The Scopes Trial and the Birth of Modern America | |
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| Evolution before the 1920s | |
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| The Struggle against "Modernity" and Modernism | |
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| William Jennings Bryan and the Antievolution Argument | |
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| The Butler Bill and the Fight for the Public Schools | |
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| Making a Test Case | |
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| Opening Day: The Attorneys and Their Strategies | |
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| Days Two through Four: Religious Freedom vs. Legislative Authority | |
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| Days Five and Six: Experts and Outsiders | |
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| And on the Seventh Day, Bryan Took the Stand | |
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| Aftermath: From Scopes to Creationism | |
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| South vs. North or Country vs. City? Region and Ruralism in the Antievolution Conflict | |
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| The Role of the Schools: Academic Freedom vs. Majority Rule | |
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| Race and Evolution | |
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| Women and Gender in the Scopes Trial | |
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| The Scopes Trial Day by Day: Transcript and Commentary | |
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| First Day's Proceedings: Friday, July 10, 1925 | |
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| Partial Text of the Butler Law (Transcript) | |
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| Clarence Darrow Examines a Potential Juror (Transcript) | |
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| Henry M. Hyde, Jury Pious, Dayton Hot, July 11, 1925 | |
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| Second Day's Proceedings: Monday, July 13, 1925 | |
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| Court Opened with a Prayer by Reverend Moffett of Rhea County (Transcript) | |
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| Indictment Read (Transcript) | |
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| Defense and Prosecution Dispute Butler Law's Constitutionality (Transcript) | |
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| Darrow's Major Speech in Defense of Religious Liberty (Transcript) | |
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| H. L. Mencken, Darrow's Speech Great but Futile, July 14, 1925 | |
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| Third Day's Proceedings: Tuesday, July 14, 1925 | |
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| Defense Objects to Prayers; Prosecution Defends Practice (Transcript) | |
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| Nashville Tennessean, Courtroom Prayer Defended, July 21, 1925 | |
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| Fourth Day's Proceedings: Wednesday, July 15, 1925 | |
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| Darrow Proud of Agnosticism (Transcript) | |
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| Raulston Rules on Motion to Quash Indictment; Cases Outlined (Transcript) | |
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| Defense Pleads Not Guilty; Cases Outlined (Transcript) | |
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| Examination of Howard Morgan, One of Scopes's Students (Transcript) | |
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| W. O. McGeehan, Trial Shows Wisdom of Youth, October 1925 | |
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| Fifth Day's Proceedings: Thursday, July 16, 1925 | |
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| Defense Pleads for Expert Testimony (Transcript) | |
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| "Plain Sense" of Law Makes Experts Unnecessary, Argues Prosecution (Transcript) | |
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| William Jennings Bryan's First Speech (Transcript) | |
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| Dudley Field Malone Replies to Bryan (Transcript) | |
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| Attorney General Stewart Answers Malone (Transcript) | |
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| Joseph Wood Krutch, Fairness Lies on the Defense's Side, July 29, 1925 | |
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| Sixth Day's Proceedings: Friday, July 17, 1925 | |
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| Raulston Rejects Expert Testimony; Darrow Offends (Transcript) | |
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| New Republic, Courts Should Not Rule over Legislature, July 8, 1925 | |
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| Seventh Day's Proceedings: Monday, July 20, 1925 | |
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| Darrow Objects to "Read Your Bible" Banner (Transcript) | |
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| Darrow Questions William Jennings Bryan on the Stand (Transcript) | |
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| Did the Whale Swallow Jonah? (Transcript) | |
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| Could Joshua Command the Sun to Stand Still? (Transcript) | |
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| Did the Flood Wipe Out Civilization? (Transcript) | |
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| Darrow Questions Bryan on Genesis (Transcript) | |
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| New York Times, Laughter at Bryan's Expense, July 21, 1925 | |
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| Eighth Day's Proceedings: Tuesday, July 21, 1925 | |
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| Court Strikes Bryan's Testimony (Transcript) | |
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| Jury Reaches a Verdict; Scopes Speaks (Transcript) | |
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| Farewell Remarks (Transcript) | |
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| H. L. Mencken, Battle Now Over; Genesis Triumphant and Ready for New Jousts, July 18, 1925 | |
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| The Scopes Trial and the Culture of the 1920s: The Documents | |
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| Cartoonists Draw the Scopes Trial | |
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| Dorman, No Wonder the Monkeys Are Worried, June 29, 1925 | |
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| Rogers, Disbelievers in the Evolution Theory, June 20, 1925 | |
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| Cross, Unduly Excited, June 25, 1925 | |
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| Cargill, Education in the Higher Branches, 1925 | |
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| Alley, The Light of Economic Liberty, May 7, 1925 | |
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| Baltimore Sun, Waiting, July 17, 1925 | |
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| Alley, What Manner of Material So Enduring? May 3, 1925 | |
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| Race and the Scopes Trial | |
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| Chicago Defender, If Monkeys Could Speak, May 23, 1925 | |
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| W. E. B. Du Bois, Dayton Is America, September 1925 | |
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| Reverend John W. Norris, African Methodist Episcopal Church Minister Stands with Bryan, October 1925 | |
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| P. W. Chamberlain, Racial Hierarchy Proves Evolution, July 13, 1925 | |
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| George W. Hunter, Race and Eugenics in A Civic Biology, 1914 | |
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| Educational Freedom and the Scopes Trial | |
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| William Jennings Bryan, Who Shall Control Our Schools? June 1925 | |
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| American Civil Liberties Union, Postwar Threats to Academic Freedom, 1931 | |
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| American Federation of Teachers, Concern over Intolerance, July 18, 1925 | |
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| American Association of University Professors, University Faculty Define Academic Freedom, 1915 | |
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| R. S. Woodworth, Tennessee Can Dictate Curriculum, Not Answers, August 29, 1925 | |
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| The Scopes Trial and the "New Woman" | |
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| Father Hugh L. McMenamin, A Catholic Priest Argues Women Are Surrendering Their Moral Duty, October 1927 | |
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| Regina Malone, A Flapper Responds to Attacks on Youths, July 1926 | |
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| Mrs. E. P. Blair, A Tennessee Woman Calls for Battle against Evolutionist Outsiders, June 29, 1925 | |
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| Mrs. Jesse Sparks, A Tennessee Mother Writes to Support the Butler Act, July 3, 1925 | |
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| Religious Alternatives in the 1920s | |
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| Sarah Comstock, Performing for the Lord: Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, December 1927 | |
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| Bruce Barton, Jesus as Business Executive, 1925 | |
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| An Invasion of "Outsiders"? | |
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| Reverend John Roach Straton, A Fundamentalist Defends Tennessee against Outside Invasion, December 26, 1925 | |
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| Vine Deloria Jr., A Modern Native American Scholar Decries the Invasion of European Science, 1995 | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| A Chronology of Events Related to the Scopes Trial (1859-1999) | |
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| Questions for Consideration | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |