Mr. Scopes, a Biology teacher ( not an astronomy professor) He was accused of teaching evolution- according to Darwin"s Origin of the Species. the trial generated mammoth publicity, there was something of a carnival atmosphere- and even some comic songs( it has been rumored Swinging on a star) were borne out of the Monkey Trial! Perhaps this is how the Agency to Prevent Evil, that simian detective agency once on TV, was inspired as a counter-attack.
In The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, otherwise known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, John Thomas Scopes was fined for teaching evolution in the public school system. The verdict was overturned on a technicality.
In the end, the jury convicted Scopes and fined him $100. In 1927 the Tennessee Supreme Court voided the fine, though not the conviction itself, on a technicality.
The Scopes Trial ended with John T. Scopes being convicted of teaching evolution in his school. He was fined 100 dollars. The conviction was overturned on a technicality.
Convicted
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.
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.
There was a great deal of interest in the Scopes trial which took place in Tennessee in 1925. The trial dealt with the right to teach evolution in the public schools. Scopes was convicted on this charge and fined, but there was much ridicule towards the state for passing the law in the first place. The trial was a great embarrassment to the state and probably kept other fundamentalist states from passing similar laws.
Scopes broke the law by teaching evolution.
Scopes, the high school teacher, was convicted of breaking state law, and was fined. But the trial, especially considering H. L. Mencken's coverage of it, exposed the issue to national scrutiny for the first time.
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.
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.