Scopes
Americannoun
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The 1925 “monkey trial” of John Scopes, in which the Tennessee teacher was prosecuted for teaching Darwinism, has been aptly described as a faceoff between fundamentalist religion and evolutionary science.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The following year, he defended a Tennessee schoolteacher named John Scopes who was accused of teaching evolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they aged.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024
Microsoft’s Scope 3 emissions are nearly 50 times as large as Scopes 1 and 2 combined, and they rose 23 percent in the year through June, after small declines in previous years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
One of its earliest battles took place in 1925, with what became known as the Scopes Trial.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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