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The Scopes Monkey trial was a battle over the right to teach Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in Tennessee public schools. The trial was named after the mistaken belief of many creationists that Darwinists believe humans directly evolved from monkeys. The trial began in July of 1925, the case prosecuted high school coach and science teacher, John Scopes. Scopes, pushed by leaders of his community, began teaching Hunters Civic Biology. The text book was the standard Tennessee text book until it was outlawed by Governor Austin Peay. Leaders of the Dayton community wanted Scopes to teach the book in order to raise controversy and bring publicity to the barely there town. The ACLU posted an open letter in American news papers inviting someone,
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”(1.1.10) In hope of a defense attorney who would understand why he decided to teach from the book of Darwin. At his defense came a well-known attorney by the name of Henry Drummond. Drummond clearly agreed with Cates, if not why else would he have come with free of charge? The prosecutor who is Matthew Harrison Brady was also a respected religious

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There are many reasons why John Thomas Scopes’ Monkey Trial was important to Tennessee history. This was a major case for the state of Tennessee and I believe that it is very important to our history. The trial was just after World War 1 the year 1925 was very brutal for America and the Scopes Trial made it no better. We were recovering from World War 1 when Scopes was arrested and prosecuted for something he did in his own classroom. He didn’t think that he should have to run his classroom like the government wanted him to.

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The American Civil Liberties Union, along with the teacher, John Scopes (Bertram Cates), wanted to challenge the law in Tennessee that banned the teaching of evolution in public schools. The trial got the attention of the famous politician, William Jennings Bryan (Matthew Harrison Brady), and also got the attention of Clarence Darrow (Henry Drummond), who was considered to be the best criminal defense lawyer of his time. Brady and Darrow faced off in the “Monkey Trial”, also considered the “Trial of the Century”, in which the law was

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Urban vs Rural Scopes Trial The 1920’s can be characterized as a clash between the traditional and the modern. One of the biggest moments where urban vs rural was tested was in the scopes trial or “monkey trial”. The scopes trial involved a substitute teacher, John Scopes, who was accused of violating the Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach evolution in any state-funded school in Tennessee. This is where urban vs rural had huge conflict, this teacher who was considered modern for teaching his theory of humanity to a traditionalist school.

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The court case Roper v. Simmons was a case that questioned whether or not the execution of a juvenile violated the Constitution. This case began in 2002 and was appealed and decided in 2005. This was a Missouri case that involved Christopher Simmons, who at the time was only seventeen years old. As a punishment for a crime that he committed, Simmons was given the death penalty. Simmons tried many times to appeal his case and avoid being executed.

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In the short fiction story “The Monkey Garden” by Sandra Cisneros, the author uses deep, rich figurative language to effect the exotic setting. “There were sunflowers, big as flowers on Mars and thick cockscombs bleeding the deep red fringe of theater curtain” (Cisneros 1). A simile is used to create a scene of being on another planet, a place where the monkeys once lived. The usage of descriptive words such as, “ bleeding the deep fringe” (1), and “ thick cockscomb” (1), to give the reader a sense of being in a jungle filled with tropical life and pleasure. The author uses words that are exotic in nature to emanate the jungle scenery.

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This is the story of Gracie the monkey and Vadie the puppy. Vadie the puppy worked in a banana factory where they made nothing but bananas. Vadie would take yellow banana peels and banana mush and make bananas by putting the banana mush inside the yellow peels. He would make a bunch of bananas and put them into a box to sell. Vadie the puppy loved working at the banana factory.

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Inherit the Wind is a play inspired by real life events in Dayton, Tennessee in t 1925; “The Scopes Monkey Trial” where a teacher, John Scopes taught evolution to his students. Another character named Cates lecture on evolution because as a teacher, he feels he must teach what is actually and evidently true. Inherit the Wind formulates the arguments of both side of the issues of evolution and religion. The Monkey trial is in essence a drama over the educational validity of teaching science as science and of the teaching religious belief as a form of verifiable knowledge.

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  In some schools, To Kill a Mockingbird is mandatory for students to read (“Harper Lee dies at 89: A quiet life, a lasting legacy-- see the photos” 2) however, in others it is banned.  Jon Stewart said there is a “gaping racial wound that will not heal, yet we pretend doesn’t exist” (Judith 2). There are similarities between the famous Scottsboro Trials and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.

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The Scopes Monkey trial was one the biggest and most influential court cases of all time. John Scopes was a public high school teacher in dayton tennessee who was arrested and tried for breaking the butlers law. Passed in 1925 it made teaching evolution in any schools and colleges in the state of Tennessee illegal. This was because evolution challenges the idea of creationism which was the popular religion in the tennessee. this was a huge problem because it was written in the constitution that you must separate church and state.

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All throughout history, there have been many cases where discrimination and prejudice were present in the courtrooms causing unfair sentences. In the films “Inherit the Wind” , “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “12 Angry Men” all three defendants are faced with prejudice and represent the faults within the social justice system. In each case, it’s visibly shown the prejudice and how the justice system has failed society. To begin, Inherit the Wind, a 1960 film, a young teacher from Tennessee, Bertram Cates, was put on trial for violating a state law that prohibits public school teachers teaching about evolution instead of the creation story.

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Because the jury did not favor black men, Tom Robinson did not receive a fair trial, although Atticus made a great case. Segregation directly disobeys the fourteenth amendment, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” Maycomb Alabama is where the story, To Kill a Mockingbird takes place. Tom Robinson’s trial out come was not based on factual evidence. Mayella was lying to the jury, while Tom was completely innocent.

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