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The John Scopes Trial
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In July of 1925, the Scopes trial began and made history for teachers. Also known as the Monkey Trial, it came about because of John Scopes', a 24-year-old biology teacher, violation of the Butler Act. The Butler Act was a state law in Tennessee forbidding the teaching of theories that denied the s ....
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....ssed him, and at the moment, flood lights and cameras went off. There was much viciousness toward him inflicted by fundamentalists. The trial took an ugly turn when Darrow called Bryan as a witness and gave a thorough interrogation. He asked questions which were in answered in such a fashion, that people were led to believe that Bryan was not the fundamentalist he claimed to be.
In the end, Scopes was found guilty and fined. The Scopes trial set people against one another and changed how scienc.... |
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