American eugenics movement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_eugenics_movement

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:criticizedFor	gptkb:Franz_Boas gptkb:Margaret_Sanger gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois
gptkbp:declinedAfter	gptkb:World_War_II Nazi atrocities revealed
gptkbp:endDate	mid-20th century
gptkbp:goal	improve genetic quality of human population
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	American eugenics movement
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Nazi_eugenics
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Charles_Darwin gptkb:Francis_Galton
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:disability_rights_movement genetic counseling reparations discussions bioethics debates
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:method	segregation marriage laws forced sterilization immigration restriction
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:First_International_Eugenics_Congress_(1912) gptkb:Second_International_Eugenics_Congress_(1921)
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell gptkb:Madison_Grant gptkb:Irving_Fisher gptkb:Paul_Popenoe
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:Eugenical_News gptkb:Sterilization_for_Human_Betterment gptkb:Eugenics:_The_Science_of_Human_Improvement_by_Better_Breeding gptkb:The_Passing_of_the_Great_Race
gptkbp:promotion	gptkb:Charles_Davenport gptkb:Harry_H._Laughlin gptkb:American_Eugenics_Society gptkb:Eugenics_Record_Office
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:scientific_racism social Darwinism progressive era reforms
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Buck_v._Bell_decision gptkb:Immigration_Act_of_1924 racial hygiene policies sterilization laws in 30+ states
gptkbp:startDate	late 19th century
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Kellogg_family gptkb:Rockefeller_Foundation gptkb:Carnegie_Institution
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nazi_eugenics
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6