Question

The main issue during the Scopes trial of 1925 was whether

Answer 1

The trail was intended effects of the American Civil Liberties Union, which wanted to overthrow the newly established law in the state of Tennessee (and also in other states of USA) to prohibit the teaching of Darwinism as inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States. ACLU was founded during World War I to serve legal help to people refusing military service on the basis of religious belief or moral. After the war, however, he expanded the area of ​​interest for any violation of civil rights of the individual and freedom of conscience and belief ].The accused was then a 24-year-old high school teacher John T. Scopes, who presented lessons theory of evolution (supported by some residents of Dayton, volunteered as a so-called. "Scapegoat"). The teacher used the book A Civil Biology by G.W. Hunter. Scopes was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of $ 100. In the process, both sides attended the famous American lawyers; William Bryan and Clarence Darrow.The aim of the ACLU was losing process in lower courts, so that it can appeal to the Supreme Court, which would have to determine whether a new law prohibiting the teaching of Darwinism is compatible with the Constitution. To this it did not happen, because in January 1927 the appellate court quashed the judgment in Nashville due to the so-called. procedural errors. This meant that the Supreme Court of the United States was not able to verify that the state bans are consistent with the Constitution. Most of them gradually abolished over the decades.

Answer 2

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