The Scopes Monkey Trial revolved around a state law that prohibited the:
A)selling and consumption of alcohol in America.
B)immigration of Jews to America.
C)practice of Christianity in Tennessee.
D)teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools.
E)propaganda of progressive ideals.

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The Scopes Monkey Trial, officially known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, was a landmark American legal case in 1925 in which high school teacher John Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.

The Scopes Monkey Trial Revolved Around a State Law That