The Eugenics Crusade explores the eugenics movement's evolution in the US, tracing its roots from heredity studies to its peak as a popular movement promising human improvement through sterilization and influencing immigration laws that restricted entry to groups deemed genetically inferior.
The Eugenics Crusade
The movie explores the profound effects of the eugenics movement on American society, tracing its evolution from a scientific discipline to a dominant ideology that sought to improve humanity through government intervention.