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     • In 1925, 24-year-old high school teacher John Thomas Scopes was tried in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching about evolution, in violation of a newly enacted state law. During the first week of June 1925, 29-year-old Watson Davis, managing editor of Science Service, a Washington, D.C.-based science news organization, traveled to Dayton to meet Scopes.
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     90th Anniversary of the Scopes Trial

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   What was the Scopes Trial?

   • Scopes Trial, also called the ‘Monkey Trial,’ highly publicized trial that took place July 10–21, 1925, during which a Dayton, Tennessee, high-school teacher, John T. Scopes, was charged with violating state law by teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

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   What happened to John Scopes?

   • Arkansas, overturned the law used to convict John Scopes in Dayton) and her husband, Jon, inLarkspur, Colorado, on November 1–2, 2018. Quotations were also taken from a symposium titled “A Gathering of John Scopes's Family and Friends,” held on July 17, 2016, in Dayton Tennessee (Moore, 2016b, c).

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   Who fought against scopes?

   • In that same year, a man named John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. During the trial, a famous lawyer named Clarence Darrow defended Scopes. William Jennings Bryan, a well-known politician, argued against Scopes. The case attracted a lot of attention and was soon called the trial of the century.

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   Did John Scopes teach evolution?

   • Although John Scopes and his famous “Monkey Trial” strongly influenced the ongoing evolution-creationism controversy, relatively little is known about Scopes's post-trial life. Moreover, many questions about his trial remain unanswered (e.g., did he actually teach evolution in Dayton?).

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   Apr 18, 2024 · Scopes Trial, also called the ‘Monkey Trial,’ highly publicized trial that took place July 10–21, 1925, during which a Dayton, Tennessee, high-school teacher, John T. Scopes, was charged with violating state law by teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

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   This was the first law in any state that said schools were not allowed to teach evolution. In that same year, a man named John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. During the trial, a famous lawyer named Clarence Darrow defended Scopes.

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   Although John Scopes and his famous “Monkey Trial” strongly influenced the ongoing evolution-creationism controversy, relatively little is known about Scopes's post-trial life. Moreover, many questions about his trial remain unanswered (e.g., did he actually teach evolution in Dayton?). This paper answers these questions with new information from a previously ignored source – his family ...

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   May 25, 2012 · On May 25, 1925, a grand jury indicted John T. Scopes, a Dayton, Tenn., schoolteacher, for his classroom instruction on Darwin ‘s theory of evolution, in violation of a state law...

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   The theory of evolution and a schoolteacher named John T. Scopes went before a jury in the small town of Dayton, Tenn., 90 years ago Friday. Sometimes referred to as the “true trial of the ...

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   July 9, 2015, by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette. In 1925, 24-year-old high school teacher John Thomas Scopes was tried in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching about evolution, in violation of a newly enacted state law. During the first week of June 1925, 29-year-old Watson Davis, managing editor of Science Service, a Washington, D.C.-based science ...

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   A substitute teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, John T. Scopes, was brought to trial for including evolutionary science in his class curriculum. The Scopes Trial was a highly publicized event that brought the conflict between traditionally religious and more modern scientific views to the forefront.