FILE - Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, left, and prosecutor William Jennings Bryan speak with each other during the Scopes monkey trial in July 1925, in Dayton, Tenn. (AP Photo, File ...

They called it the “monkey ... old John T. Scopes, who had just finished his first year of teaching, willing to take up the test case. Scopes was arrested on May 9 and the trial started July ...

They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be ... Here's a look at what you need to know about the Scopes trial: No. In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On ...

Scopes vs. state of Tennessee trial, commonly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, is shown at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kristin M.

AP) — They called it the “monkey trial ... Here's a look at what you need to know about the Scopes trial: Wait, so this was a trial about monkeys? No. In 1859, British naturalist Charles ...