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The roots of eugenics can be traced back to Britain in the early 1880's when Sir Francis Galton generated the term from the Greek word for "well-born". He defined eugenics as the science of improving stock, whether human or animal. According to the American Eugenics Movement, today's study of eugenics has many similarities to studies done in the early 20th century. Back then, "Eugenics was, quite literally, an effort to breed better human beings – by encouraging the reproduction of people with "good" genes and discouraging those with "bad" genes." (www.eugenicsarchive.org) According to Merriam-Webster, the modern day definition of eugenics is, a science that deals with the improvement (as by control of human mating) of hereditary qualities of a race or breed.
The topic of eugenics is a controversial one, but through research it is evident that there are both positive and negative aspects. In 1926, the American Eugenics Society was founded by Harry Crampton, Harry H. Laughlin,......

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