Question

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What did John Scopes do that landed him on trial for breaking a law? Choose all that apply.
-he robbed and murdered someone
-he taught the Theory of Evolution in his science class
-he taught fundamentalism in his science class
-he violated the state's anti-evolution statue
-Option 5

Answer 1

Answer:

He violated the state's anti-evolution statute

Explanation:

John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970) was a football coach in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial, in which he was found guilty and fined $100 (equivalent to $1,458 in 2019).

Answer 2

The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.[1] The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, where it was held. Scopes was unsure whether he had ever actually taught evolution, but he incriminated himself deliberately so the case could have a defendant. (Should be D)