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Q: What scientific theory was the subject of the Scopes Trial?
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What was the liberal veiwpoint of the scopes monkey trial?

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.


Trial of high school teacher for teaching the theory of evolution?

Scopes Monkey Trial


At issue in the Scopes Trial of 1925 was whether a public school teacher could?

The Scopes Trial was about teaching the theory of evolution in public schools.


How did the Scopes trial mirror tends in American society?

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.


Who was tried in the Scope Monkey 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?

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?


Who was put on trial for Darwin's theory of 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.


Who was on trial in the scopes monkey trial?

John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.


What was John T Scopes put on trial for during the Roaring 20's?

The Scopes Monkey trial pertained to a high school teacher teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in defiance of the law that prohibited that.


How did the scopes trial affect American politics during 1920s?

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


Who broke a Tennessee law that made it illegal to teach Charles Darwin's theory of 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 trial featured two famous attorneys. William Jennings Bryan argued for the prosecution. Clarence Darrow represented Scopes.


At issue the scopes trial of 1925 was whether a public school teacher could?

teach about Darwin's theory of evolution