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The Scopes Trial
Title: The Scopes Trial
Category: History
Details: Words: 448 | Pages: 1.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Scopes Trial
The Scopes Trial
The Scopes Trial, often referred to as the “Monkey Trial”, took place in the year
1925. It was a case where the state of Tennessee charged John Thomas Scopes with
teaching his high school students the theory of evolution instead of the theory of Genesis.
This was after Tennessee passed a law that stated, “Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the state of Tennessee, That it shall be unlawful for any …showed first 75 words of 448 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 448 total…he even threatened about having to go to jail. He was
actually released on a technicality When the case was over, Scopes was offered his job
back at the high school which he refused. Instead, he was offered a scholarship to attend
the University of Chicago which he gladly accepted. When he finished his studies at the
University of Chicago, he took a job as a petroleum engineer and managed an oil refinery
in Louisiana.
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