<u>The Scopes Trial</u>, commonly referred to as the Scopes Evolution Trial or the Scopes Monkey trial, <u>began on July 10th, 1925</u>.
The defendant, <u><em>John Thomas Scopes</em></u>, was a high school coach and substitute teacher who <u><em>had been charged with violating the Butler Act by teaching the theory of evolution in his classes</em></u>.
<u>The Butler Act forbid the teaching of any theory that denied the biblical story of Creationism</u>. By teaching that man had descended from apes, the theory of evolution, Scopes was charged with breaking the law.
<u>The correct answer is: "C":</u> opposed the teaching of non biblical content.