In the early twentieth century,eugenics
A) contended that inequalities between humans were rooted in education.
B) aimed to subvert and oppose the rising tide of nativism.
C) was exposed by a federal commission as a fraudulent science.
D) asserted that the root of many urban problems was overcrowded cities.
E) supported the restriction of immigration by nationality.

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Eugenics supported the restriction of immigration by nationality, as it aimed to improve the genetic stock of the US population by limiting the number of immigrants from certain groups, particularly those deemed inferior or undesirable.

In the Early Twentieth Century,eugenics