How did the Scopes Trial impact the portrayal of evolution in American science textbooks for the next few decades?
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Correct answer: Publishers removed or minimized evolution to avoid controversy
Despite the Modernist victory in the media, the threat of legal trouble and local protests led many publishers to omit the topic of evolution. It was not until the 'Sputnik' era of the late 1950s that evolution returned prominently to science curricula.
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