The Scopes Monkey trial pertained to a high school teacher teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in defiance of the law that prohibited that.
Clarence Darrow
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.
The scopes monkey trial was about whether a teacher could teach evolution in public schools. Mr. Scopes was a science teacher who wanted to teach Charles Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species."
The law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was upheld.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
The Monkey Trial.
The nickname of the trial in "Inherit the Wind" is often referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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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.
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
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.
John scopes.
Because John Scopes was teaching about the evolution of humans from apes (monkeys)
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
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.