he broke the law for teaching evolution
In the Scopes Trial of 1925 in Tennessee, the court found John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution, which was against state law. He was fined $100, although the verdict was later overturned on a technicality. The trial became a significant milestone in the debate between creationism and evolution in American education.
he broke the law for teaching evolution
In 1925 the State of Tennessee accused substitute high school teacher John T. Scopes of violating state law by teaching human evolution in a state-funded school. The trial is known as the Scopes Trial or the Scopes Monkey Trial. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100. The verdict subsequently was overturned.
The Scopes Trial, formally known as "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes" took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
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Scopes broke the law by teaching evolution.
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.
John Thomas Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925 for violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial.
The Scopes Trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee from July 10 to July 21, 1925.
The State of Tennessee, which backed the Butler Act, is the entity that was in opposition to John T Scopes at his trial. This trial became known as the Monkey Trial since it had to do with teaching evolution.
I assume you mean the trial in 1925 Tennessee that had John Scopes as the defendant for teaching evolution in violation of the law at that time.
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