Religious fundamentalism and the Bible Belt

what areas of America were most religious?

rural areas

What states were in the bible belt?

Southern states - Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee

How did people on the bible belt see themselves?

righteous, God-fearing Christians

Who viewed themselves as righteous, God-fearing Christians

Fundamentalists

What were many people on the bible belt known as?

Fundamentalists

Where were most fundamentalists located?

bible belt

What were fundamentalists?

Protestants

Who were protestants?

fundamentalists

What did fundamentalists believe

Everything in the bible should be taken literally and not questioned

Who believed everything in the bible should be taken literally and not questioned

Fundamentalists

What did fundamentalists dislike?

Provocative clothes, dancing, gambling and whatever they saw as the general decline in moral standards

Who disliked Provocative clothes, dancing and gambling

fundamentalists

Who was one of the most famous Fundamentalist preachers?

Aimee Semple McPherson

Who was Aimee Semple McPherson?

One of the most famous fundamentalist preachers

Why was Aimee Semple McPherson famous?

She travelled around the USA in the 1920s to raise money for her Four Square Gospel Church.

Who travelled around the USA in the 1920s to raise money for her Four Square Gospel Church.

Aimee Semple McPherson

How much did Aimee Semple McPherson raise? What for and when?

$1.5 million in 1920 for the building of her Angelus Temple

How was the gap in belief between rural and urban Americans clearly seen?

The argument over theory of evolution

Who argued over the theory of evolution?

Rural and urban Americans

Who accepted Charles Darwin’s theory?

People living in towns and cities in the USA

Who didn’t accept Charles Darwin’s theory?

People from rural areas and the Bible belt states

What was Charles Darwin’s theory?

Over millions of years humans evolved from ape like creatures