The Scopes Trial, in which John Butler was accused of teaching evolution in schools, took place in the year 1925. Specifically, the verdict was made on July 21, 1925.
theory of evolution
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.
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?
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.
The right to teach evolution in schools
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
Because John Scopes was teaching about the evolution of humans from apes (monkeys)
Scopes broke the law by teaching evolution.
I assume you mean the trial in 1925 Tennessee that had John Scopes as the defendant for teaching evolution in violation of the law at that time.
The Scopes trial was important because it brought national attention the creation versus evolution debate. The anti-evolution movement remained strong in some parts of the United States after the trial.
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
The Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925, also known as the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, involved the teaching of evolution in schools. John Scopes, a high school teacher, was charged with violating a state law that prohibited teaching evolution in public schools. The trial gained national attention as it pitted creationism against the theory of evolution.
John Scopes.
John Scopes for teaching evolution
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