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What was the goal of the eugenics movement ? how did they play to accomplish this goal ?

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1.The American eugenics movement was formed during the late nineteenth century and continued as late as the 1940s. The American eugenics movement embraced negative eugenics, with the goal to eliminate undesirable genetic traits in the human race through selective breeding.

2. During the American eugenics movement, laws were enacted that legalized forced sterilizations and prohibited individuals that had mental or physical defects and couples of mixed-race from marrying

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the role of the eugenics movement was to remove the so-called bottom tenth of society. supporters of the movement made strict immigration and miscegenation laws, as well as forcing sterilizations.

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