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Scopes Trial

             About a year ago I had a very interesting conversation. I was volunteering at the White Plains Hospital at the time and was talking to my Supervisor, Carol. I was taking inventory and filling out some paperwork and we started talking. She started explaining how she thought that evolution was no longer taught in school and how creation was now the accepted model in science. Mind you this was only one year ago and from my experiences and my knowledge the opposite was true. What really shocked me was that she was teaching sixth grade science. Was a new generation of students following the opinions of woman over what was accepted in society? The separation of church and state was being attacked at the lowest level with most impressionable minds. I was deeply troubled by this but I could not figure it out until the topic of the Scopes trial came up in my American History class. I finally realized what I had just experiences was the scopes trial in reverse. I felt offended that someone was putting their personal view over mine, offended that I could have been taught someone's personal opinion over actual fact. I was offended that this teacher was going against society in what she was teaching. Most of all I was offended that I was acting the same way religious people were in the early 1900's.
             A wide array of forces combined to cause the trial of the century. In March of 1925 the state of Tennessee passed a law preventing theories that went against the accepted view of human creation portrayed in Genesis. While it is a popular belief to make John Scopes into a hero by saying he stood up to unjust laws, that would be a gross oversimplification. As with most things in this life, the trial had its origins in monetary gain. The recently created ACLU (American Civil Liberty Union) placed ads in the newspapers saying that it would provide legal support to any teacher that would stand up against the Butler laws.


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1. Scopes Trial

The Scopes Trial The Scopes-Monkey trial is perhaps the greatest trial ever in the 20th century. The trial was conducted because John Scopes, a high school biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, decided to teach Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. ... Scopes, according to observers, remained quiet throughout the trial. ... George Rappalyea was a shady character during the Scopes trial. ... When he argued that Scopes wasn't on trial, civilization was, he meant that evolution would be discouraged if people were not able to learn of it. ...

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2. The Scopes Trial

The ACLU promised to defend any teacher who challenged the law, and this is how the Scopes trial came about. The Scopes trial was known as one of the greatest trials of all time. The Scopes trial was known as the monkey trial. The Scopes trial was held July 10 to July 21 of 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. The Scopes trial involved a high school teacher named John Thomas Scopes. ...

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3. THE SCOPES "MONKEY" TRIAL

THE SCOPES "MONKEY" TRIAL During the Twenties, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial had a radical social effect on Americans. ... The Scopes "Monkey" Trial symbolizes the influences, but also the new existing fight between religion and tradition and evolution and progress. The trial Tennessee versus John Scopes caused enormous judicial changes in the 1920s. ... The expectations of the final sentence along with the media attention threw the Scopes "Monkey" Trial into the spotlight. ... The Scopes "Monkey" Trial started on July 10th and ended on 25th 1925. ...

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4. The Scopes Trial

The Scopes Trial The Scopes Trial, widely know as the Monkey Trial, has been called the trial of the century, and opened the door to the conflict between creationism and evolution, even though the trial itself actually decided nothing. In fact upon appeal the trial was declared a mistrial due to the fact the judge sentenced Scopes to a $100 fine and there was a law which stated that any fine over $50 had to be set by a jury. ... In the 1920's when the Scopes trial took place John Scopes was put on trial for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. ... In conclusion, while the Sc...

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5. Scopes Trial was an Injustice to the American Legal System

Follow, Don't Lead The Scopes trial, or "The Monkey Trial," demonstrates the unfairness of the American legal system. ... The Scopes trial pitted the traditionalists, versus the modernists. ... The origins of the scopes trial started at Fred Robinson's drugstore in Dayton. ... Scopes. ... The defense stated;"Scopes isn't on trial, civilization is on trial." ...

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6. John scopes

The trial later came to be known as "Scopes Trial," after John Scopes, the defendant. ... Characterizing the Scopes Trial as a trial of reason versus ignorance, science and superstition, many have allowed a superficial assessment to obscure the importance of the trial at hand. ... For historical scholars, understanding the Scopes trial begins with a cultural framework. ... The Scopes trial was not distinct, therefore, so much for its theme as it was for its presentation. ... This belief was directly opposed to what many Christians of the Scopes Trial thought. ...

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7. The Scopes Monkey Trial

This would soon lead to an epic battle of the court rooms known none other than the Scopes monkey trial. ... Scopes agreed to the plan and the historic trial was soon to be under way. In any great trial the lawyers are what could make the difference and in the Scopes monkey trial they got only the best of the day. ... It was July 10, 1925 and it was the first day of the Scopes monkey trial. ... The Scopes monkey trial was one of the greatest and most remembered court cases to this day. ...

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8. The "Monkey Trial"

They agreed to a trial to decide whose views were proper. ... Scopes was indicted swiftly by the grand jury, setting the stage for what would become known as the "Monkey Trial." Scopes was defended by Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hays, and Dudley Field Malone. ... More than 9000 spectators attended the trial. ... The John Thomas Scopes trial repressed the influence of Fundamentalism in public education and stripped William Jennings Bryan of his dignity as a key figure in American political history. ...

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