The law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was upheld.
Clarence Darrow
John Scopes was a school teacher in Tennessee that illegally taught the theory of evolution in a public school. He was arrested, tried and convicted.
William Jennings Bryan was part of the prosecution team during the Scopes Monkey Trial.
The scopes monkey trial was about whether a teacher could teach evolution in public schools. Mr. Scopes was a science teacher who wanted to teach Charles Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species."
The Scopes Monkey trial pertained to a high school teacher teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in defiance of the law that prohibited that.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
Scopes was declared guilty, but people felt the law violated the Constitution. Scopes was fined and the law was upheld.
Scopes was declared guilty, but people felt the law violated the Constitution. Scopes was fined and the law was upheld.
The Monkey Trial.
The nickname of the trial in "Inherit the Wind" is often referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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John Scopes for teaching Evolution
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
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Because John Scopes was teaching about the evolution of humans from apes (monkeys)
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
Scopes was declared guilty, but people felt the law violated the Constitution. Scopes was fined and the law was upheld.