Scopes Monkey Trail
Political:
- This trial involved a lot of important political figures, for example William Bryan Jennings who took part in this trial but died 5 days later.
- Supreme court of Tennessee fined Scopes on a technicality
Economic:
- After, the court was finalized, Scopes was found guilty and fined 100 dollars.
- Rockefeller Foundation launched a public health program
Social:
- John T. Scopes was a biology teacher who was persecuted for teaching the theory of evolution
- Teenagers like 16 and 17 year olds were being required to stay in school until they graduate
- Life expectancy increased from 50 years to 59 years
- Fundamentalists barely won a victory and their emphasis on a literal reading of the Bible remained a vibrant
force in American spiritual life
- This trial involved a lot of important political figures, for example William Bryan Jennings who took part in this trial but died 5 days later.
- Supreme court of Tennessee fined Scopes on a technicality
Economic:
- After, the court was finalized, Scopes was found guilty and fined 100 dollars.
- Rockefeller Foundation launched a public health program
Social:
- John T. Scopes was a biology teacher who was persecuted for teaching the theory of evolution
- Teenagers like 16 and 17 year olds were being required to stay in school until they graduate
- Life expectancy increased from 50 years to 59 years
- Fundamentalists barely won a victory and their emphasis on a literal reading of the Bible remained a vibrant
force in American spiritual life