1. Eugenics “SCIENCE” OF IMPROVING HUMAN RACE THROUGH IMPROVED BREEDING BACKGROUND –NATIVISM –“RACE DECAY” –BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF GENETICS (OFTEN NEGLECTED THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT/CULTURE) –NATURE V. NURTURE DEBATE –OUTGROWTH OF DARWINISM –POSITIVE/NEGATIVE EUGENICS

2. MOVEMENT IN AMERICA – BEGINS IN 1870S, TAKES OFF IN 1890S (WITH INCREASED IMMIGRATION) SIR FRANCIS GALTON –MOVEMENT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN 3 WAYS 1)MARRIAGE RESTRICTION –1896 – CONNECTICUT IS FIRST –1903 – NJ, OHIO 1904 – MICHIGAN, INDIANA 2)ASEXUALIZATION –DR. F. HOYT PILCHER – KANSAS HOME FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED –VASECTOMIES AND SALPINGECTOMIES –DR. HARRY SHARP – INDIANA REFORMATORY –BY 1890S – BILLS IN VARIOUS STATE LEGISLATURES TO PERMIT THE ASEXUALIZATION OF INMATES

3. –3)IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION EUGENICS RECORD OFFICE – LONG ISLAND, 1910 CHARLES DAVENPORT SUMMER SCHOOL REPORTS, STATISTICS HEREDITY COUNSELING EDUCATION AND PROPAGANDA BY 1915, TALK OF EUGENICS IS WIDESPREAD HARVARD, COLUMBIA, BROWN, WISCONSIN, ETC. OFFER COURSES EUGENICAL NEWS (1916) CRITICISM EUGENICS IN VA