WorksheetsThe Scopes Trial
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what year did the Scopes Trial take place?
a)
1920
b)
1925
c)
1930
d)
1935
2.
Where did the Scopes Trial occur?
a)
Dayton, Tennessee
b)
Dayton, Ohio
c)
Nashville, Tennessee
d)
Indianapolis, Indiana
3.
The trial was about whether _______ should be taught in schools?
a)
reading
b)
biology
c)
religion
d)
evolution
4.
Which scientist discovered the theory of evolution?
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Samuel Goldberg
d)
John Butler
5.
Which act prevented schools from teaching evolution?
a)
The Watershed Act
b)
The Homestead Act
c)
The Butler Act
d)
The Boycott Act
6.
The trial pit evolutionists against __________.
a)
fundamentalists
b)
revolutionaries
c)
progressives
d)
the illiterate
7.
Who was the lawyer for the prosecution?
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
Clarence Darrow
c)
John Scopes
d)
John Butler
8.
Who was the lawyer for the defense?
a)
John Scopes
b)
John Ralston
c)
William Jennings Bryan
d)
Clarence Darrow
9.
Who was the defendant?
a)
John Butler
b)
John Scopes
c)
George Rappalyea
d)
H.L. Mencken
10.
Why did the town of Dayton want the trial held there?
a)
They believed most strongly in evolution.
b)
Charles Darwin was born there.
c)
They wanted publicity and revenue.
d)
It was the only courthouse in the whole country.
11.
Which organization put out an advertisement that they were looking for a defendant in a trial about the Butler Act?
a)
the ABA
b)
the WMCA
c)
the DMV
d)
the ACLU
12.
Which of the two lawyers had run for president and had been Secretary of State?
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
Clarence Darrow
13.
Which of the two lawyers had been famous for defending high-profile criminals?
a)
Clarence Darrow
b)
William Jennings Bryan
14.
Who was the judge in the trial?
a)
John Darrow
b)
John Butler
c)
John Scopes
d)
John Raulston
15.
John Scopes was found _________.
a)
innocent
b)
guilty
16.
What was John Scopes' punishment?
a)
a $100 fine
b)
a 5-10 year jail sentence
c)
a loss of his teaching license
d)
a $500,000 fine
17.
Which is true of the jury?
a)
it was half evolutionists and half creationists
b)
it was made up of 12 white men and women
c)
it was made up of 12 white men
d)
it was made up of 12 black and white men
18.
The play based on the trial is called
a)
Ape-Ism Escapades
b)
Survival of the Fittest
c)
Inherit the Wind
d)
Bloweth the Earth
19.
Who was the "Bible expert" that Darrow called to testify?
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
George Rappalyea
c)
John Scopes
d)
John Raulston
20.
Which newspaper reporter from Baltimore called Dayton residents "yoekels" and "hillbillies"?
a)
John Butler
b)
Hank Rappalyea
c)
Henry McNamara
d)
H.L. Mencken
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