Scopes trial
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scopes-trial-183-922467
title:
Scopes trial
text:
The Scopes trial, formally The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case from July 10 to July 21, 1925, in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, where it was held. Scop
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wiki
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1925 US legal case in Tennessee
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial
date created:
2001-10-02T05:08:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T14:41:24Z
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