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World Almanac Video - Landmark American Trials: The Scopes Monkey Trial (VHS, 2005) 
World Almanac Video - Landmark American Trials: The Scopes Monkey Trial (VHS, 2005)
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Release Date: May 2005
Format: VHS
Product ID: EPID46744676
Description: Part of a series of educational programs concerning the country's most important court cases, this entry in LANDMARK AMERICAN TRIALS covers THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL. One of the first "media circus" trials in the United States, the case wa...
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Part of a series of educational programs concerning the country's most important court cases, this entry in LANDMARK AMERICAN TRIALS covers THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL. One of the first "media circus" trials in the United States, the case was played up across the country as a confrontation between traditional and emerging liberal values during the 1920s. After the Tennessee legislature passed a law in early 1925 banning the teaching of the theory of evolution, citizens of the town of Dayton decided to test the law for a number of reasons. Some wanted to stand up for legitimacy of the scientific theory while others merely hoped to draw attention and publicity to Dayton. Regardless, soon afterwards science teacher John Scopes was arrested for violating the law, and in July 1925 his trial began. It drew luminaries for both the prosecution and defense, all of whom joined the case for reasons as diverse as those who initially wanted to test the law. Former Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan led the prosecution, and famous trial lawyer Clarence Darrow the defense. Ultimately the case would be seen as a battle between conservatives and liberals, between religious thought and scientific theory, and between rural and urban values.

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