Inherit The Wind Vocabulary List
The following is a list of concepts and ideas students should be familiar with after having completed this unit of study:
American Civil Liberties Union 
constitutionality (of laws)
adjourn    
conviction
amicus curiae    
creation-science
appeal     
criminal law
arrest      
cross-examination
Attorney General    
Darwinism
bail      
defendant
balanced treatment act   
defense
bill      
dissenting opinion
Butler Act    
Edwards v. Aguillard (1987)
case     
evidence
checks and balances   
evolutionary theory
civil law     
exception (in court)
counsel     
felony
court record: off the record  
fine (by jury or court)
court record: on the record  
fundamentalism
Genesis    
plea
grand jury     
peremptory challenge
impartial    
preliminary hearing
indictment     
prohibit
jury selection   
prosecution
justice     
repeal (a law)
lawsuit    
sentence: maximum
legislation    
sentence: minimum
legislature: lower house  
separation of church and state
legislature: senate    
separation of powers
litigation     
state’s case
McLean v. Arkansas (1982) 
statute
misdemeanor    
Tennessee v. John Scopes (1925)
mistrial     
test case
motions (by counsel)  
trial by jury
motions: overruled   
violation (of law)
motions: sustained   
warrant
offense    
witness