The Supreme Court established that government aid to religious schools would be accepted as constitutional if it had a secular purpose; its effect was neither to advance nor inhibit religion, and it did not entangle government and religious institutions in each other's affairs.This became known as the __________ test.

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The Supreme Court established the Lemon test in Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971), which states that government aid to religious schools would be accepted as constitutional if it had a secular purpose; its effect was neither to advance nor inhibit religion, and it did not entangle government and religious institutions in each other's affairs.

The Supreme Court Established That Government Aid to Religious Schools