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It was a conflict between the teachings of theology and science. To some people in the early 1900s, the theory of evolution suggested that men were descended from apes (which is erroneous). The term "monkey trial" was applied to the Scopes trial because a teacher was charged with teaching Darwinian evolution in violation of a state law against it.

The underlying issue was whether or not a state statute was constitutional or unconstitutional because it made it a criminal offense to teach the theory of evolution, as opposed to The Bible's teaching of the Creation.

Scopes was found guilty as charged, but cleared on a technicality. The 1925 law, called the Butler Act, was upheld by the Tennessee Supreme Court but was eventually repealed by the Tennessee legislature in 1967.

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