State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/State_of_Tennessee_v._John_Thomas_Scopes
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Scopes_Monkey_Trial
gptkbp:appealsTo gptkb:Tennessee_Supreme_Court
conviction overturned on technicality
gptkbp:culturalSignificance symbol of conflict between modernism and traditionalism
gptkbp:date 1925
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:John_Thomas_Scopes
gptkbp:defenseAttorney gptkb:Clarence_Darrow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
gptkbp:judge gptkb:John_T._Raulston
Rhea County Courthouse
gptkbp:lawInQuestion gptkb:Butler_Act
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dayton,_Tennessee
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national attention
gptkbp:numberOfIssues teaching evolution in public schools
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:State_of_Tennessee
gptkbp:prosecutor gptkb:William_Jennings_Bryan
gptkbp:relatedEvent American Civil Liberties Union involvement
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:H._L._Mencken
A. T. Stewart
E. T. Robinson
George Rappleyea
gptkbp:sentence $100 fine
gptkbp:significance debate over science and religion in schools
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Inherit_the_Wind_(play)
gptkb:Inherit_the_Wind_(film)
numerous books and articles
gptkbp:verdict guilty
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Butler_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6