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Who was John T. Scope?
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John T. Scopes was a Tennessee school teacher who went to trial for teaching students Darwin's "Theory of Evolution". In March of 1925, the state legislature in Tennessee passed a bill that banned all teaching of evolution in any educational institution throughout the state. John Scopes agreed to stand as a defendant in a test case to challenge the law. He was arrested on May 7, 1925, and charged with teaching the theory of evolution. The trial turned out to be one of the most sensational cases of the 20th century in America. Approximately 1000 people and more than 100 newspapers packed inside the courtroom daily to watch the trial that only lasted eight days. In the end, the jury returned the verdict of guilty in less than nine minutes. John Scopes was fined $100. 