in 1925, he broke Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of Darwinism to his students. *back then, the state and religion wasn't separated*
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∙ 13y agoJohn Scopes was charged for teaching evolution in the state of Tennessee, which was in direct violation of the Tennessee's Butler Act.
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∙ 10y agoFor teaching evolution.
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∙ 14y ago1925.
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The Scopes Monkey trial pertained to a high school teacher teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in defiance of the law that prohibited that.
In 1925, John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution in a public school classroom. Which person served as John Scopes' defense lawyer at the famous Scopes trial?
That was over teaching evolution. Scopes was a teacher who was put on trial. He was initially convicted, but the law was later overturned.
John Scopes was a school teacher in Tennessee that illegally taught the theory of evolution in a public school. He was arrested, tried and convicted.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
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I assume you mean the trial in 1925 Tennessee that had John Scopes as the defendant for teaching evolution in violation of the law at that time.
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John Scopes for teaching Evolution
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
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Because John Scopes was teaching about the evolution of humans from apes (monkeys)
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The Scopes Trial, formally known as "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes" took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
The Scopes Monkey trial pertained to a high school teacher teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in defiance of the law that prohibited that.
In 1925, John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution in a public school classroom. Which person served as John Scopes' defense lawyer at the famous Scopes trial?