The Scopes Trial, 1925 Ashley Dean

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The Scopes Trial, 1925Ashley Dean

• Against the law to teach other than the creation
  of man in the Bible in Tenn. (Butler Law)
• John T. Scopes charged with teaching Charles
  Darwins theory of evolution.
• William Jennings Bryan prosecution
• Clarence Darrow defense
• Found guilty and fined 100.
• Supreme Court found law constitutional but Scopes
  was acquitted.
• Law repealedin 1967.

"The Monkey Trial"
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