John scopes.
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 trial refers to the "Scopes-Monkey" trial in which a high school Science teacher in Tennessee violated the Butler Act that made it unlawful to teach evolution in schools. He was found guilty.
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.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
The Monkey Trial.
John Scopes in 1925, the "Monkey Trial"
The nickname of the trial in "Inherit the Wind" is often referred to as the Scopes Monkey 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.
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
John Scopes for teaching Evolution