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The people who believed in Darwinism and thought it was important for people to know, but it was illegal to teach thus creating the case Scopes trial
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Legally, William Jennings Bryan won the Scopes trial. But the long-term effect of the Scopes trial was the end of the fundamentalist movement and the rise of modernism and urban values such as evolution and science over religion.
Clarence Darrow was the supporter of free speech in the 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?
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
After the Scopes trial in 1925, state legislatures enacted more laws mandating the teaching of evolution in schools. However, anti-evolution laws persisted in some states until they were struck down by the Supreme Court in the 1960s. The trial helped shape public opinion and the legal landscape regarding the teaching of evolution in schools.
The Scopes Trial, formally known as "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes" took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
Because John Scopes was teaching about the evolution of humans from apes (monkeys)
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 for teaching Evolution
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
The people who believed in Darwinism and thought it was important for people to know, but it was illegal to teach thus creating the case Scopes trial
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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.
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