The Scopes case was a case in 1926 in which high school teacher, John Scopes, was prosecuted for teaching evolution in a state funded school breaking the Tennessees Butler Act. The case was a publicity stunt to attract attention to Dayton, Tennessee.
The trial put Modernists, which said the evolution is not inconsistent with religion against Fundamentalists, that believed that the Bible to priority over the human knowledge. The case was considered as theological debate and whether evolution could be taught in schools.
