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﻿ Scopes Trial

 John Scopes was born August 3rd, 1900 in the town of Paducah Kentucky. Once he grew up he moved to the town of Dayton, Tennessee and became a High School Biology teacher at the age of twenty-five. State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes One of the most famous trials took place in July of 1925 in Dayton, Tenessee.



In 1925 the Butler Act was passed that would stop teachers from teaching evolution in public schools. The teaching of evolution went against "fundamentalist Christians" beliefs in the Bible.(DISCovering U.S. History.)

Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in his high school biology class. He was taken to court against the grand jury, and was arrested for breaking the Butler Act.



Scope had "expert scientist" Darrow and Malonde testify. Both of these were Christians and evolutionist who saw confllict between the teaching of science and the bible. (DISCovering U.S. History.) With evidence against scopes the court fined him one hundred dollars, for the teaching of evolution in a public school.

