The fundamentalists wanted Scopes to be tried by the law court for his teaching of evolution in the school.
Who was Scopes?
This man was a high school teacher in the State of Tennessee. He had faced backlash and trials in the court of law because he taught evolution.
The fundamentalists were mostly the Christians who were angered by the fact that the teachings questioned Christian beliefs.
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