Scopes Monkey Trial (1925) (jul 25, 1904 – oct 3, 1913)
Description:
The Scopes “monkey trial” was the moniker journalist H. L. Mencken applied to the 1925 prosecution of a criminal action brought by the state of Tennessee against high school teacher John T. Scopes for violating the state's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schoolsAdded to timeline:
Date:
jul 25, 1904
oct 3, 1913
~ 9 years and 2 months