The Scopes Trial, also known as the "Monkey Trial," took place in the 1920s and was a famous court case in the United States. It involved the prosecution of high school science teacher John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee, for violating the Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in state-funded schools. Scopes was accused of teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, which was considered controversial at the time. The trial attracted significant media attention and became a symbolic clash between modern science and traditional religious beliefs. It ultimately ended in a guilty verdict for Scopes, although the conviction was later overturned on a technicality. The trial highlighted the ongoing debate between fundamentalism and progressivism in American society during the Roaring Twenties.
