The Scopes Trial

In what year did the Scopes Trial take place?

• 1920
• 1925
• 1930
• 1935

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Where did the Scopes Trial occur?

• Dayton, Tennessee
• Dayton, Ohio
• Nashville, Tennessee
• Indianapolis, Indiana

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The trial was about whether _______ should be taught in schools?

• reading
• biology
• religion
• evolution

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Which scientist discovered the theory of evolution?

• Leonardo DaVinci
• Charles Darwin
• Samuel Goldberg
• John Butler

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Which act prevented schools from teaching evolution?

• The Watershed Act
• The Homestead Act
• The Butler Act
• The Boycott Act

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The trial pit evolutionists against __________.

• fundamentalists
• revolutionaries
• progressives
• the illiterate

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Who was the lawyer for the prosecution?

• William Jennings Bryan
• Clarence Darrow
• John Scopes
• John Butler

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Who was the lawyer for the defense?

• John Scopes
• John Ralston
• William Jennings Bryan
• Clarence Darrow

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Who was the defendant?

• John Butler
• John Scopes
• George Rappalyea
• H.L.  Mencken

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Why did the town of Dayton want the trial held there?

• They believed most strongly in evolution.
• Charles Darwin was born there.
• They wanted publicity and revenue.
• It was the only courthouse in the whole country.

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