At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between "religion and science".
Scopes trial, Tennessee legal case including the instructing of advancement in state funded schools. A rule was passed (Mar., 1925) in Tennessee that precluded the educating in state funded schools of speculations in opposition to acknowledged understanding of the scriptural record of human creation.
Scopes was indicted, incompletely in light of the guard, which declined to argue any of the specialized protections accessible, dreading an absolution on a specialized as opposed to an established premise. Scopes was, however, later discharged by the state preeminent court on a detail.