theory of evolution
There was no 'liberal' or conservative' element to the trial. It was trial which prety much featured the debate between the scientific theory of evolution and the lieral interpretation of the Biblical version.
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.
In 1925, John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution in a public school classroom. Which person served as John Scopes' defense lawyer at the famous Scopes trial?
The Scopes Monkey trial pertained to a high school teacher teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in defiance of the law that prohibited that.
The teaching of scientific evolution of the species versus the biblical version.
There was no 'liberal' or conservative' element to the trial. It was trial which prety much featured the debate between the scientific theory of evolution and the lieral interpretation of the Biblical version.
Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes Trial was about teaching the theory of evolution in public schools.
At the time of the Scopes Trial, the attitude toward evolutionary theory was changing in America. In time, evolution became the primary theory taught in schools. That was not the case at the time of the trial.
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.
In 1925, John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution in a public school classroom. Which person served as John Scopes' defense lawyer at the famous Scopes trial?
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.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
The Scopes Monkey trial pertained to a high school teacher teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in defiance of the law that prohibited that.
It opened the door to America's belief and teaching of the evolutionary theory rather than creationism. Aka Darwin's findings rather than the bible
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 trial featured two famous attorneys. William Jennings Bryan argued for the prosecution. Clarence Darrow represented Scopes.
teach about Darwin's theory of evolution