Describe the Eugenics Movement and what its goals were.

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Gaven

2 October, 00:05

Describe the Eugenics Movement and what its goals were.

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Messiah Sampson · Answer 1

Eugenics is a movement that is aimed at improving the genetic composition of the human race. Historically, eugenicists advocated selective breeding to achieve these goals. Today we have technologies that make it possible to more directly alter the genetic composition of an individual.

Nibbles · Answer 2

Eugenics is a movement which aimed at refining the genetic make of the mankind.

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Eugenics is the word which is used by the cousin of Charles Darwin and he advocated that selective breeding is the only way to transfer the traits in humans. He advocated that people with desired traits are mostly from rich and elite class of the society and the people who were undesirable were from poor class.

There was huge prevalence of blindness, deafness and feeble mindedness and mentally challenged in the US society that US government started to expand the program of sterilization and many have to undergo without any choice.