Scopes trial
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a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed
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- trial hypernym
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- law domain topic
- organic evolution domain topic
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | organic evolution |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | trial |