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1. The Theory of Evolution: The theory of evolution by natural selection, first formulated in Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, is the process by which organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits
2. ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union. They joined with Clarence Darrow in defending scopes and wanted him to argue that the anti-evolution law violates the first amendment
3. Creationism: the religious belief that life comes from God
4. Fundamentalism: the idea that creationism is the only explanation for the origin of life
5. Monkey Trial: Trial of John Scopes teaching the theory of evolution illegally (Scopes Trial)

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This source shows the final verdict of the trial. It says everything that was said during the final hours in the court room. It shows that the judge of the trial actually made a couple of errors will in this trial. It shows a perspective of someone watching the trial and what was going on. This document explains the real reasonings that Scopes was being charged for. They were changed many time but finally it is shown that it was because he was not teaching evolution the way they believed which is from the bible. This source shows a lot of information that explains the real reasonings behind the trial.

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An excerpt from *Bryan and Darrow at Dayton: the record and documents of the "Bible-evolution trial,"* 1925.

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The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America's libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

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This source shows the background information of Darwin's theory, which is what Scopes was teaching his class. Darwin's theory challenged the biblical way and it made people very angry. When Scopes decided to teach it to his class this caused many problems and people getting angry. Thats when the Scopes got in to trouble and was put on trial. This document really shows more about Darwin's theory and the reasoning behind why Scopes decided to teach it. He says he was just trying to teach science with other theories for people to believe in. This source shows more of a background knowledge of how the trial came about and how Darwin's theory really works.

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Bryan and Darrow were powerful speakers and long-time adversaries, so the trial was bound to be dramatic. William Jennings Bryan had been a three-time candidate for President, served in the US House of Representatives, and was a former Secretary of State. Darrow was a high-profile defense attorney who had won victories in a number of capital cases.

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The primary source comes from a witness of Scopes teaching evolution. He said he went in the day before his arrest and told Scopes that he was going against the law and that he could get into major trouble. Scopes then replied saying that the law was unconstitutional anyway and that he was just teaching the science of how humans came about. One of Scopes students at the time testified telling them what he was taught about evolution in the class. He said that Scopes explained how it was too hot in the begin of time for him as to survive causing them to be conflicted. This source shows a different and interesting point of view that shows what the students thought about the situation. It shows a different side then people just being angry that it was going against the bible. Having the different views helps people get a better understanding of what was fulling going on in the class room and in the court room.

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A record of witness testimony, from the record and documents of the Scopes trial, 1925.

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Website Connecting Scopes Trial to Issues in the Present Time

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Website Connecting Scopes Trial to Issues in the Present Time

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This article relates to the Scopes Trial because it is talking about not saying the Pledge of Allegiance in school because of the "under God" part of the speech, some argue that it doesn't matter, some argue that it isn't needed because we do not need to be a country united under God, some argue that it should be in there. This relates to certain people not wanting evolution taught because it is not in the Bible, which was the main part of the persecutions reasoning behind the Scopes Trial.

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See CNN's Fast Facts to learn more about the history of Pledge of Allegience.

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The Scopes trial had big impact on America. It had a lasting effect on education and religion being used in school. The Scopes trial was around the time of when "separation of church and state" came around which caused him to get in trouble. Since not everyone believed in the same thing it shouldn't have been able to be taught in school. This has effected how teachers now teach because there is still a separation of church and state. This trial had a big influence around the world for a long time. Many people were interested in what was going on. The court room was filled with various cameras and recording equipment. People would flock to the court house just to witness what was going on and figure out what was going to happen to Scopes trial. With the trial now and days there is a clear understanding that evolution should not be taught in public schools. They do this because not everyone believes in the same things. This shows just how much an effect this trial actually had on people and this country.

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This is a video explaining the Scopes Trial.

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The Scopes Trial is a trial that took place in Dayton, Tennessee during the summer of 1925. The Scopes Trial is over a local high school teacher, John Scopes, teaching the theory of evolution to his biology classes. At this time, the teaching of evolution was illegal in Tennessee. It was illegal because of the Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution to any state-funded school. There were two sides, Scopes and the states. Scopes side was arguing that not being able to teach evolution was against the first amendment, the states side was that he was violating the Butler Act and that evolution wasn't real. William Jennings Bryan, a Democratic candidate for President was against the teaching of evolution and supported the Butler Act. Bryan was for the prosecution in the case. In response to all of this happening, the American Civil Liberties Union financed a test case for John Scopes. Clarence Darrow was a leading member of the ACLU, as well as a lawyer, so he represented the defense. The trial lasted from July 10, 1925 to July 21, 1925. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100. A year later the verdict was overturned on a technicality. The trial was followed on radios throughout the country.

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The Scopes trial also known as the "Monkey trial"did not settle the contentious issue of evolution in schools, which continues to cause many strong passions and court actions to this day. The trial went on for many years and dint have an answer to it for most of them. The trial was challenging a new law that was passed in Tennessee saying it was not allowed to teach evolution that would calling the vibes way of seeing things. The attorney William Jennings Bryan took this trial because he was a christian and believed the bible should be interrupted literally .This trial was big news going around causing many reporters to be there and to be put all over newspapers.

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The story of the Scopes trial is retold in this Paramount and Pathe News film "Greatest Headlines of the Century," produced in 1960. In 1925, John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for teaching evolution in his Dayton, Tenn., classroom.

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This website explains the Scopes Trial and how it began. This trial started in July and was also know as the Monkey trial. It all started with a science teacher that tried starting to teach about evolution. Many people were not happy with this because it wasn't going off the creation of humans from the bible. The trial ended in 1927, the Tennessee Supreme Court over turned the verdict and left the results unresolved until 1968 when a similar trail was overturned in Arkansas violated the first amendment.

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In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.

The law, which had been passed in March, made it a misdemeanor punishable by fine to "teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." With local businessman George Rappalyea, Scopes had conspired to get charged with this violation, and after his arrest the pair enlisted the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU) to organize a defense. Hearing of this coordinated attack on Christian fundamentalism, William Jennings Bryan, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate and a fundamentalist hero, volunteered to assist the prosecution. Soon after, the great attorney Clarence Darrow agreed to join the ACLU in the defense, and the stage was set for one of the most famous trials in U.S. history.

On July 10, the Monkey Trial got underway, and within a few days hordes of spectators and reporters had descended on Dayton as preachers set up revival tents along the city's main street to keep the faithful stirred up. Inside the Rhea County Courthouse, the defense suffered early setbacks when Judge John Raulston ruled against their attempt to prove the law unconstitutional and then refused to end his practice of opening each day's proceeding with prayer.

Outside, Dayton took on a carnival-like atmosphere as an exhibit featuring two chimpanzees and a supposed "missing link" opened in town, and vendors sold Bibles, toy monkeys, hot dogs, and lemonade. The missing link was in fact Jo Viens of Burlington, Vermont, a 51-year-old man who was of short stature and possessed a receding forehead and a protruding jaw. One of the chimpanzees-named Joe Mendi-wore a plaid suit, a brown fedora, and white spats, and entertained Dayton's citizens by monkeying around on the courthouse lawn.

In the courtroom, Judge Raulston destroyed the defense's strategy by ruling that expert scientific testimony on evolution was inadmissible-on the grounds that it was Scopes who was on trial, not the law he had violated. The next day, Raulston ordered the trial moved to the courthouse lawn, fearing that the weight of the crowd inside was in danger of collapsing the floor.

In front of several thousand spectators in the open air, Darrow changed his tactics and as his sole witness called Bryan in an attempt to discredit his literal interpretation of the Bible. In a searching examination, Bryan was subjected to severe ridicule and forced to make ignorant and contradictory statements to the amusement of the crowd. On July 21, in his closing speech, Darrow asked the jury to return a verdict of guilty in order that the case might be appealed. Under Tennessee law, Bryan was thereby denied the opportunity to deliver the closing speech he had been preparing for weeks. After eight minutes of deliberation, the jury returned with a guilty verdict, and Raulston ordered Scopes to pay a fine of $100, the minimum the law allowed. Although Bryan had won the case, he had been publicly humiliated and his fundamentalist beliefs had been disgraced. Five days later, on July 26, he lay down for a Sunday afternoon nap and never woke up.

In 1927, the Tennessee Supreme Court overturned the Monkey Trial verdict on a technicality but left the constitutional issues unresolved until 1968, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a similar Arkansas law on the grounds that it violated the First Amendment.

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Monkey Trial begins - Jul 10, 1925 - HISTORY.com

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In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.

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The text in this website basically just explained the Scopes Trial and everything that happened. This Scopes Trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee, in the summer of 1925. John Scopes, a teacher at a local high school was put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution to his biology classes. During that time period, the teaching of evolution was illegal in Tennessee. William Jennings Bryan, a Democratic candidate for President led a campaign to banish Darwin's theory of evolution from American classrooms. Scopes argued that you cannot teach biology without teaching the theory of evolution. They went to trial over these beliefs. The trial ended with Scopes being fined $100, they reversed that decision a year later. The trial did little to end the debate over the teaching of evolution, but it was a major setback for the anti-evolution movement.

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An introduction to the John Scopes (Monkey) Trial

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An introduction to the trial of State of Tennessee vs John Scopes.