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The John Scopes Trial
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July of 1925 saw the most celebrated American battle between creation and evolution: the Scopes “Monkey” Trial. The defendant, John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating a Tennessee law forbidding the teaching of evolution in public schools. Although the penalty was small (a $100 fine paid by s ....
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....the credibility of Biblical teachings as well. The residents of Dayton, Tennessee, like most southerners of the era, were God-fearing and ardent supporters of literal interpretation of the Bible. Consequently, when John Scopes tried to teach Darwin’s theory, he was immediately arrested and charged with violating the Butler Act, a law enacted earlier in the year.
The Butler Act, passed in March, 1925, declared it illegal for a teacher in a public school to teach “any theory that denies the stor.... |
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