The teaching of scientific evolution of the species versus the biblical version.
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.
William Jennings Bryan was part of the prosecution team during 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.
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
The teaching of scientific evolution of the species versus the biblical version.
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.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
Calvin Coolidge
William Jennings Bryan was part of the prosecution team during the Scopes Monkey Trial.
John Scopes
They tried to protect the teachers Freedom of Speech
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. The trial featured two famous attorneys. William Jennings Bryan argued for the prosecution. Clarence Darrow represented Scopes.
The Scopes Monkey trial pertained to a high school teacher teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in defiance of the law that prohibited that.
The Scopes Trial, formally known as "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes" took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
The Scopes Trial of 1925 epitomizes the cultural division of the 1920s, where traditional conservative values clashed with the burgeoning modern culture. It centered on high school teacher John T. Scopes, who was prosecuted for teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee's Butler Act. This trial highlighted the tensions between religious fundamentalism and the scientific theories of evolution, symbolizing the broader societal conflict between progressive and conservative ideologies during the decade. Ultimately, it underscored the struggle between a rapidly changing society and established cultural norms.
The prosecutor of the Scopes trail was William Jennings Bryan, or known as Matthew Harrison Brady in the book "Inherit the Wind".