Scopes Monkey facts
While investigating facts about Scopes Monkey, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The one of the prosecutors in the Scopes Monkey Trial was literally a boy named Sue and inspired the song by Johnny Cash
J.T. Scopes, the man charged in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial for teaching evolution in a public school, did not actually teacher evolution but instead was chosen because his town was in an economic downturn and the trial would bring it national attention.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 7 of the best facts about Scopes Monkey I managed to collect.
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The biology book at the center of the Scopes Monkey Trial also included lessons on eugenics.
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Shel Silverstein had the idea to write "A Boy Named Sue" after attending a conference where Mr. Sue Hicks, one of the prosecutors in the "Scopes Monkey Trial", was a speaker
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The Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.
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The Scopes Monkey Trial started as a small town's publicity stunt. The ACLU ran an ad offering legal assistance to fight a ban on teaching evolution and Dayton TN accepted, hoping to profit off the increased media attention.
