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First Amendment Court Cases
Everson v. Board of Education 1947 McCollum v. Board of Education 1948 Zorach v. Clauson 1952 Engel v. Vitale 1962 Abington District v. Schempp 1963 Epperson v. Arkansas 1968 Lemon v. Kurtzman 1971

__Important Characters In The Scopes Trial__
[|__https://www.aclu.org/about-aclu-0__] ) Fundamentalism Charles Darwin and Evolution - The case in the play is based off of the findings of naturalist Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution.)
 * John T. Scopes** ( [|__http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/p_scopes.html__] The fictional character Bertram T. Cates is loosely based on John Scopes. [|__http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/inherit/1925home.html__] )
 * American Civil Liberties Union** [|__(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/p_aclu.html__]
 * Clarence Darrow** [|__(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/p_darrow.html__] The fictional character Henry Drummond is loosely based on this famous attorney. )
 * William Jennings Bryan** [|__(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/p_bryan.html__] The fictional character Matthew Harrison Brady is loosely based on this famous attorney. )
 * Evolution** [|__(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin__]
 * H.L. Mencken (**http://www.biography.com/people/hl-mencken-37299#synopsis)