The Scopes monkey trial
During 1925, the Scopes Monkey trial dominated headlines across the country. Its attracted over 200 journalists and turned a town into a carnival. It was covered by everyone around the Us.
This trial was about a man, a school teacher named "Scopes" who was charged under the Butler act for teaching anything about the creation of man that was taught in the bible.
The trial was stacked against Scopes from the very beggining, because ten fo the twelve men that were picked for the jurt were regular church goers.
The Virdict ended up only being a formality, and Scopes ended up being fined 100 dollars.
This trial was just one of the examples on how generations clashed during the 1920s. At the same time this was an example of the atmosphere that created the Lost Generation during the decade. Intolerance for intellectuals drove wtierees such as Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald out of the nation; it was the same intolerance that convicted John Scopes.
This trial was about a man, a school teacher named "Scopes" who was charged under the Butler act for teaching anything about the creation of man that was taught in the bible.
The trial was stacked against Scopes from the very beggining, because ten fo the twelve men that were picked for the jurt were regular church goers.
The Virdict ended up only being a formality, and Scopes ended up being fined 100 dollars.
This trial was just one of the examples on how generations clashed during the 1920s. At the same time this was an example of the atmosphere that created the Lost Generation during the decade. Intolerance for intellectuals drove wtierees such as Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald out of the nation; it was the same intolerance that convicted John Scopes.