American Eugenics and the Nazi Regime | The Eugenics Crusade

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WGBH GBH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AMEX United States U.S. History Collection U.S. history us history history social studies American history ushist22 The Eugenics Crusade American Eugenics and the Nazi Regime Hitler’s Bible Eugenics Carried to a Monstrous Extreme social studies history Progressive era sterilization Nazis master race white supremacy Holocaust Harry Laughlin Madison Grant extermination concentration camps Nuremberg trial
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Science History-Social Science
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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American Eugenics and the Nazi Regime | The Eugenics Crusade

Learn how the American eugenics movement influenced Adolf Hitler and his policies and ultimately contributed to the Holocaust in these videos adapted from American Experience | The Eugenics Crusade. Use this resource to examine how sterilization laws written to “better” a society paved the way to mass murder.
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PBS Learning Media

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