The Scopes Trial The Scopes Trial, often referred to as the “Monkey Trial”, took place in the year 1925. It was a case where the state of Tennessee charged John Thomas Scopes with teaching his high school students the theory of evolution instead of the theory of Genesis. This was after Tennessee passed a law that stated, “Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Tennessee, That it shall be unlawful for any …showed first 75 words of 445 total…

…showed last 75 words of 445 total…he even threatened about having to go to jail. He was actually released on a technicality When the case was over, Scopes was offered his job back at the high school which he refused. Instead, he was offered a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago which he gladly accepted. When he finished his studies at the University of Chicago, he took a job as a petroleum engineer and managed an oil refinery in Louisiana.