The film is based on the 1925 State of TennesseeDayton occurred in the city of " Monkey Trial "adaptation, then known as the "Century of the trial," specifically through: Chicago labor lawyer Clarence Darrow as John Scoopteacher defense. Skope was accused of violating the Butler Act of the State of Tennessee for spreading Darwin's theory of evolution, which prohibits the teaching of any theory other than the theory of creation. The prosecution lawyer was William Jennings Bryan, a fundamentalism politician . After Skoop was found guilty and fined $100 on July 10, 1925, the sentence was later overturned by the High Court. Although the Butler Act was upheld by the Dayton City Court, the trial embarrassed its supporters. No one in the state has been prosecuted for violating the Butler Act. In 1967, the State of Tennessee Court overturned the Butler Act. This case was reported by HL Menken, an anti-traditional liberal journalist
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Unlike in the film, the real trial was initiated by the American Civil Liberties Union, which believed that the Butler Act’s prohibition of teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in the State of Tennessee’s classroom was unconstitutional. In fact, Skope rarely teaches theory of evolution. Moreover, the citizens of Dayton, State of Tennessee, were not prepared to lynch Skope, but instead invited Skope to challenge the law. According to some historians, Clarence Darrow wants Skope to be found guilty so that he can appeal to a higher court
. After the actual trial, a representative from the University of Chicago approached Skope and offered him a scholarship for graduate students in geology. Skope then worked on the field for the South American Gulf Petroleum Company in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , and then became famous in the field of geology. Rise up
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