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You are probably thinking of the "Scopes" trial. It took place in 1925, and was also called the Scopes Monkey Trial. It refers to a teacher named John T. Scopes, who taught about the theory of evolution in his Biology class in a public school in Tennessee. While today that doesn't sound very unusual, it was against the law in Tennessee-- only The Bible story about creation was permitted. Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee's law about what could and could not be taught in the schools. Scopes' lawyer (the famous Clarence Darrow) argued that the Tennessee law violated Scopes' academic freedom, as well as violating separation of church and state. But Scopes lost and was convicted; he was fined $100. Subsequently, his conviction was overturned on a technicality. The Scopes trial was followed very closely by the newspapers and magazines of that day, and some radio stations even covered the entire trial (TV had not yet been invented, so millions of interested Americans listened to it on radio). The country in 1925 became engaged in a prolonged debate about evolution versus creation, a debate that still persists in some places even today.
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The Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, took place in 1925 in Tennessee. It involved the prosecution of a high school teacher, John Scopes, for teaching evolution in violation of a state law. The trial highlighted the tension between science and religion in education and resulted in Scopes being found guilty and fined $100.
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