Who was John Scopes and how did he break the law?

John Scopes was a high school Football Coach in Dayton, Tenn. He was asked to help draw attention to the small town by faking a Biology class where he taught evolution which was banned under the Butler Act. He went to trial and was found guilty of violating the Butler Act by using the required text and he was fined $100. He later admitted to a journalist that he had actually skipped the chapter on Evolution, but he let himself go on trial to prove a point.