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Pro Eugenics Dbq

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American was pro Eugenics. America practiced eugenics many years befor germany. By 1928 there were 376 separate university courses in leading schools around the u.s.. America had a lot of funding from various groups including the rockefellers, carnegie institution,harriman railroad fortune, In 1897 michigan was the state to introduce compulsory sterilization but the bill fail to pass. In 1905 pennsylvania state passed its compulsory sterilization bill which was vetoed by the governor

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