Scopes Monkey Trial

  • Evolutionist

    Evolutionist
    Darwin publishes his second book called ''The Descent Of Man''. In the book he addresses his debate over evolution and the meaning of it. He argues about that evolutionist is right. He also shows the idea of his theory of Monkey's transformed into human beings.
  • Darwnism

    Darwnism
    The theory of individuals, groups, and people are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.
  • Lecture Of Time

    Lecture Of Time
    William Jennings Bryan gives lecture to Nashville. Titled on paper '' Is The Bible True''? Then he sent it to the representative John Washington Butler. Also to the members of the legislature group of Tennessee.
  • Scopes before time

    The defendant John Thomas Scopes was a coach of a high school in Dayton Tennessee and a teacher with science. He was charged of violating the Butler Act Law. That law was that you were not allowed to teach any other theory of human beings besides the creationist of religion. He did it on purpose to stand up for evolutionist. He also agreed to ACLU that he was going to test the butler law so he did.
  • On Trial

    On Trial
    On the third day of being on trial, Darrow object having a prayer before the trial starts. Judge Raulston overrules the objection. He offered nothing to the ministries that it doesn't have any connection with the trial
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    Scopes Monkey Trial
    This trial was met to solve the conflict of Evolutionist vs. Creationist. After Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan (prosecutors) going after each other to solve the conflict. The trial was science or religion the answer. But a few days later William J. Bryan died and the trial just went to a big stop making it a bigger conflict until Arkansas.
  • Butler Law

    Butler Law
    Dayton Tennessee rules that the Butler act is constitutional. On the other hand John Thomas Scopes fine should've been ruled by the jury hearing the case instead of Judge Raulston judging the verdict. The Justices declare that nothing is gained by the crazy case.
  • Film

    Film
    A film after 35 years of the Scopes Monkey Trial was made. It was called Inherit the Wind. John Scopes returned to Dayton Tennessee . When he returned unexpectedly he got a key to the city. Also it becoming a broad way it.
  • Clarence Darrow after Monkey trial

    Clarence Darrow after Monkey trial
    Clarence Darrow was a pretty good prosecutor. He only lost one trial and that was in Chicago. After his appearance with the Scopes Monkey Trial he was wanted and famous in America. He could have commanded titanic fees anywhere in America, they would have loved to have him. Instead he used the fame go to Detroit and represent over nine months a group after African American who were trapped by racist mob at the time in a city. He used his sucess and mad more.
  • Law discussed

    Law discussed
    Debates in a federal courtroom in downtown Little Rock. A law requiring to give balanced treatment to Creationist and Evolution was adopted in Arkansas. Having a trial in Arkansas made the topic continue and made Scopes get fined 100 dollars.