Eugenics is the study of improving the human species through selective breeding, with a focus on the genetic characteristics of different races. It was popular in the early 20th century and used to justify racist policies and forced sterilization.

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Eugenics is:

A) the study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races.
B) the movement toward colonization in Africa by blacks from the United States.
C) the practice of using poison gas by the Germans during World War I.
D) the socialist strategy of infiltrating labor unions in the United States.
E) the genetic modification of human behavior.

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