Scopes Trial — definition

1. Scopes trial (Noun)

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Scopes trial (Noun) — (evolution) a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed.

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