The law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was upheld.
Clarence Darrow
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.
William Jennings Bryan was part of the prosecution team during the 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."
In the Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools. He was fined $100, although the fine was later overturned on a technicality. The trial highlighted the cultural clash between science and religion in the 1920s and garnered significant national attention.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
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.
The Monkey Trial.
The "Scopes Monkey Trial" is the nickname for the real-life trial.
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John Scopes for teaching Evolution
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
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Because John Scopes was teaching about the evolution of humans from apes (monkeys)
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
Scopes was declared guilty, but people felt the law violated the Constitution. Scopes was fined and the law was upheld.