Question

Which of these BEST describes the outcome of the Scopes Trial?

A) John Scopes was sentenced to 6 months in prison.
B) The jury decided that John Scopes violated Tennessee law.
C) The jury awarded John Scopes $500 for being wrongly accused.
D) Teachers across the U.S. were forbidden from teaching evolution.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. The jury decide that Scopes violated the Tennessee law of not teaching human evolution in the state funded school. He was also fined one hundred dollars. After the verdict, publishers paid close attention to what to include in the textbooks, regarding Evolution.