the scopes trial by Isabel Hamm

isabel_hamm27 — 2025-03-14 12:31:27 UTC

"On the trial's seventh day, proceedings were moved outdoors because of excessive heat. William Jennings Bryan (seated, left) is being questioned by Clarence Darrow."

isabel_hamm27 — 2025-03-14 12:34:34 UTC

"Scopes Trial William Jennings Bryan (lower left, with fan) and Clarence Darrow (center right, arms folded) in a Dayton, Tennessee, courtroom during the Scopes Trial, July 1925."

isabel_hamm27 — 2025-03-14 12:35:53 UTC

"John T. Scopes, pictured here one month before his 1925 trial, was willing to challenge Tennessee’s new Butler Law"

trial video

isabel_hamm27 — 2025-03-14 12:39:32 UTC

isabel_hamm27 — 2025-03-17 12:28:05 UTC

in March, 1925, the Tennessee legislature passed the Butler act which denied access to teach "the creation of man" which was taught by the bible.

Results

isabel_hamm27 — 2025-03-17 12:28:14 UTC

John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 in his classroom. The Scope lost in the trial but won the appeal

Date

isabel_hamm27 — 2025-03-17 12:28:24 UTC

the scopes trial was 11 days long. it started July 10th 1925 and ended July 21st 1925 in Dayton Tennessee.

what was the scopes trial

isabel_hamm27 — 2025-03-17 12:28:32 UTC

the scopes trial was an American legal case, when a high school teacher allegedly violated the Tennessee's Butler act. this act made it illegal to teach human evolution in any state funded schools.

The Butler Act

roseley_quehl27 — 2025-03-17 12:49:36 UTC

The Butler Act was a passed law that stated "an act prohibiting the teaching of the evolution theory in all the universities normal and all other public of Tennessee, which are supported in whole or in part by the public school funds of the state." William F Barry wrote. It was passed on March 13, 1925, and signed by the House of Representatives, then it was signed by the gov. and made a law.

the Butler Act document

roseley_quehl27 — 2025-03-18 12:21:52 UTC

This was the document of the Butler Act That was later passed as a law.