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In 1925, John T. Scopes, a substitute Biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was tried and convicted on the charge of teaching evolutionary theory, in violation of state law (the Butler Act, which forbad public school instructors from teaching "any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of Man as taught in The Bible, and [teaches] instead that man had descended from a lower order of animals"). The trial crystallized several conflicts stemming from the interaction of American heritage with modern ideas and theories. Most important of these was a perceived conflict between the Christian faith, rooted in the teachings of the Bible, and the tenets of Darwinist evolutionary theory.
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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?
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?
The scopes trial os 1925 allowed what to be taught in public schools?
evolution
What year was the scopes evolution trial?
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.
Did the scopes trial occur before or after world war 1?
After. It was decided on July 21, 1925.
Former presidential candidate who led the fight against evolution at the 1925 scopes trial?
William Jennings Bryan
