The Monkey Trial
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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The Start Of It All:
The Scopes' Monkey Trial It all started out when a teacher named John Scopes used evolution studies in his classroom.
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The Trial:
In 1925, Tennessee was the first state to prohibit public schools teaching of evolution. Fundamentalists found it as a threat to their beliefs.
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) constructed anti-evolution laws as unconstitutional under the First Amendment to the Constitution. This allowed separation between church and state in public education.
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How it ended:
In 1927, the Tennessee Supreme Court overturned the Scopes' Monkey Trial verdict on a technicality.
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George Rappalyea,an evolutionist, recruited 24 year old John Scopes, who agreed to be indicted for teaching evolution. Traditionalists were worried that everything valuable was coming to an end.
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How other people thought:
In 1925, people thought that John Scopes should be found guilty, and were hoping that the judge would think so too.
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The ACLU did win the trial partly, because Tennessee prosecutors were directed not to indict ANYONE under The Butler Law.
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