The Scopes Trial by Sinai Rivera-Gonzalez

The After

remington_kennedy70 — 2025-03-14 16:54:30 UTC

After the Scopes trial, there was a law passed that forebode human evolution being taught in schools.

sinai_riveragonzalez27 — 2025-03-17 17:03:34 UTC

The Scopes Trial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJoZrJknJJE

What was it?

sinai_riveragonzalez27 — 2025-03-18 00:42:01 UTC

A trial in 1925 in which a high school teacher named John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution, which was against Tennessee's Butler Act.

Important people

sinai_riveragonzalez27 — 2025-03-18 02:39:41 UTC

William Jennings Bryan: Assisted with the prosecution of Scopes and testified as a witness. He was known for his anti-evolution stance.

Clarence Darrow: He was Scopes' attorney, but he was also known for participating in the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union).

Arthur Garfield Hays: Another lawyer who worked with the defense side.

Why were they against evolution?

sinai_riveragonzalez27 — 2025-03-18 02:53:39 UTC

People believed that supporting and teaching evolution was contradicting the bible and questioning any religious beliefs. Many people believed that it should not be taught in public schools, which led to the state of Tennessee creating the Butler Act.

sinai_riveragonzalez27 — 2025-03-18 03:02:58 UTC

A Book Over The Monkey Trial

remington_kennedy70 — 2025-03-18 13:15:26 UTC

A Newspaper Over The Scopes Trial

remington_kennedy70 — 2025-03-18 15:43:48 UTC

Political Cartoon

remington_kennedy70 — 2025-03-18 15:47:35 UTC

Primary Source

sinai_riveragonzalez27 — 2025-03-19 14:57:47 UTC

" 'I told him that he had violated the law, but he said he had to teach science, and the law was unconstitutional anyway.' On cross-examination, the witness admitted that the text book, Hunter's "Civic Biology," from which the defendant taught, had been specified for school use by the State School Book Commission."