jul 21, 1921 - Scopes Monkey Trial (jul. 21 1921)
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-Also know as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
-The case was about a substitute high school teacher ( John Scopes) teaching human evolution. Which violated Tennessee's Butler Act that says " teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of Man as taught in the bible, and to tech that man has descended from a lower order of animals"
-The trial ended with Scopes being found guilty and fined 100$ in 2016 money that's 1366$
Jan 23, 1925
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