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The '''Scopes Trial''' of 1925 was engineered as a challange to the Tennessee Butler Act that prohibited the teaching of evolution in publically funded schools and universities.  The willing defendant, John Scopes, was convicted of violating the Butler act, though the conviction was later overturned on a technicality.  The Scopes trial was made infamous in 1955 with the play ''Inherit the Wind'', and the 1960 Hollywood motion picture with the same title, both fictionalized.
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The '''Scopes Trial''' of 1925 was engineered as a challange to the Tennessee Butler Act that prohibited the teaching of evolution in publically funded schools and universities.  The willing defendant, John Scopes, was convicted of violating the Butler act, though the conviction was later overturned on a technicality.  The Scopes trial was made infamous in 1955 with the play ''Inherit the Wind'', and the 1960 Hollywood motion picture with the same title; both works took great artistic license.
    
== Publicity Conspiracy ==
 
== Publicity Conspiracy ==
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