Monkey Trial Begins - July 10, 1925
Today in History, the famous 'Scope's Monkey Trial' begins. It started with a young, high school science teacher, John Thomas Scopes, being accused of teaching evolution, which was in violation of the laws of Tennessee.
In March of that year, a law had been passed that made it a misdemeanor to 'teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine creation of man as taught in the Bible, and, to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.'
After eight minutes of deliberation, Scopes was fined $100, the minimum the law allowed.
Source: History.com - Scopes Monkey Trial Begins
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