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John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
Scopes broke the law by teaching evolution.
The Monkey Trial.
Scopes was declared guilty, but people felt the law violated the Constitution. Scopes was fined and the law was upheld.
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The Scopes Trial represented a clash between rural fundamentalism and urban modernism. -NOVANET
The Scopes Trial represented a clash between rural fundamentalism and urban modernism. -NOVANET
One famous court case of the 1920s was the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925. This trial centered around a high school teacher, John Scopes, who was accused of violating a Tennessee law by teaching evolution in the classroom. The trial gained national attention and highlighted the tension between science and religion in American society at the time.
The Tennessee trial of John Scopes, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, illustrated the conflict between those who held religious beliefs, particularly creationism, and those who supported the teaching of evolution in schools. The trial highlighted the tension between religious fundamentalism and modern scientific thought in American society during the early 20th century. It became a landmark case in the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
The Scopes Trial In 1925 (monkey trial) Tennessee Trial. Bryan Representing The Parties Against The Darwin Theory Of Evolution. Darrow For Evolution.
After the Scopes trial in 1925, state legislatures enacted more laws mandating the teaching of evolution in schools. However, anti-evolution laws persisted in some states until they were struck down by the Supreme Court in the 1960s. The trial helped shape public opinion and the legal landscape regarding the teaching of evolution in schools.
The Scopes Trial, formally known as "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes" took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
Because John Scopes was teaching about the evolution of humans from apes (monkeys)
The Scopes trial refers to the "Scopes-Monkey" trial in which a high school Science teacher in Tennessee violated the Butler Act that made it unlawful to teach evolution in schools. He was found guilty.
Anti-evolution leader and prosecutor of John Scopes during the controversial Scopes' Trial William Jennings Bryan wrote and spoke the speeches "The Menace of Darwinism" and "The Bible and its Enemies" in the 1920s.
John Scopes for teaching Evolution