The main issue during the Scopes trial of 1925 was whether

The Scopes trial centered on a Tennessee law that prohibited teaching human evolution in public schools. John Scopes was accused of violating that law by teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. So the main issue was whether teachers could teach about Darwinian evolution, not whether they could teach about primates generally or whether private schools should replace public schools.

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