Scopes, who had substituted for the regular biology teacher, was charged on May 5, 1925, with teaching evolution from a chapter in George William Hunter's textbook, Civic Biology: Presented in Problems (1914), which described the theory of evolution, race, and eugenics.
Scopes, que substituíra ao profesor que habitual, foi acusado o 5 de maio de 1925 de ensinar evolución utilizando un capítulo do libro de texto de George William Hunter Civic Biology: Presented in Problems (1914), que describía a teoría da evolución, raza e euxenesia.