John T. Scopes, a Biology teacher, was tried for teaching Darwinism in a Tennessee public school--which was at the time, illegal.
Scopes trial was a 1925 case that debated by William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. Scopes was tried to challenged the Tennessee law by teaching the Evolution. Darrow believed in free speech, and Bryan believed in fundamentalism. This trial took place in Tennessee.
The question is stated incorrectly. William Jenning Bryan actually PROSECUTED Scopes on behalf of the State of Tennessee which at the time, had a law against the teaching of evolution. Scopes teaching of evolution was DEFENDED by Clarence Darrow. See below link:
Andrew Hamilton defended him against his trial.
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.
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It was Clarence Darrow who is better known for the Scopes Monkey trial in 1925.
The question is stated incorrectly. William Jenning Bryan actually PROSECUTED Scopes on behalf of the State of Tennessee which at the time, had a law against the teaching of evolution. Scopes teaching of evolution was DEFENDED by Clarence Darrow. See below link:
Henry Drummond (Clarence Darrow in the real trial) defended the teacher, Bertram Cates, (John Scopes in the real trial) for teaching evolution.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
The Scopes Trial, formally known as "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes" took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
The "Scopes Monkey Trial" is the nickname for the real-life trial.
Because John Scopes was teaching about the evolution of humans from apes (monkeys)
Andrew Hamilton defended him against his trial.
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