DBQ Exercise: Scopes Monkey Trial

This article is about the Scopes Monkey Trial. Although that was not the official and legal name for the case, it is universally known as such It involved a science teacher, Scopes, who taught Evolution in his public school Biology class which went against the Butler Act. He was arrested and tried by two of the most famous names in law at the time, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Bryan would prosecute and Darrow …

…that is not meant to be crossed, but groups such as the ACLU completely disregard this and lead this country into complete civil demise. If people like the ACLU were around during the Founding Era of the United States, they would have been imprisoned because they deliberately go against the uniting ideals of America. We do not progress under their flag, but we constantly take steps backward that our forefathers have fought so hard for.