BIOL133 TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS| 100% CORRECT
How to improve the hereditary make-up of the "race"?
Voluntary & coercive policies
Positive eugenics
Encourage, educate "fitter" people to have more offspring
Negative eugenics
Persuade, pressure, or compel "unfit" people to have no offspring, notpass on their
"defective" genes. Compulsory sterilization
How many states had forced sterilization laws by 1930s?
30
Examples of Test Questions from the Army Alpha Exam
1. Pinochle is played with
rackets\cards\pins\dice
2. Habeus corpus is a term used in
medicine\law\pedagogy
3. Bud Fisher is a famous
actor\author\athlete\comic
4. Velvet Joe appears in ads for
, tooth powder\soap\dry goods\tobacco
5. The number of a Kaffir's legs is . . . 2\4\6\8
1913 Ellis Island mental testing
-80% immigrants
scored "feebleminded"
-Deportation rate
increased
What did eugenicists' expert testimony and IQ lead to?
1924 immigration restriction act (quotas)
Who was diagnosed as feebleminded?
-Socially undesirable traits and social control.
-Behaviors more than medical conditions.
-Alcoholism, sexuality, criminality
Supreme Court ruling, Buck v. Bell 1927
Three generations of imbeciles are enough
Measuring up to Eugenic Ideals
• Health
• IQ
• Education, occupation
• Special talents, tastes
• Church, politics
• Clubs, activities
Most extreme: eugenics
ANSWERS| 100% CORRECT
How to improve the hereditary make-up of the "race"?
Voluntary & coercive policies
Positive eugenics
Encourage, educate "fitter" people to have more offspring
Negative eugenics
Persuade, pressure, or compel "unfit" people to have no offspring, notpass on their
"defective" genes. Compulsory sterilization
How many states had forced sterilization laws by 1930s?
30
Examples of Test Questions from the Army Alpha Exam
1. Pinochle is played with
rackets\cards\pins\dice
2. Habeus corpus is a term used in
medicine\law\pedagogy
3. Bud Fisher is a famous
actor\author\athlete\comic
4. Velvet Joe appears in ads for
, tooth powder\soap\dry goods\tobacco
5. The number of a Kaffir's legs is . . . 2\4\6\8
1913 Ellis Island mental testing
-80% immigrants
scored "feebleminded"
-Deportation rate
increased
What did eugenicists' expert testimony and IQ lead to?
1924 immigration restriction act (quotas)
Who was diagnosed as feebleminded?
-Socially undesirable traits and social control.
-Behaviors more than medical conditions.
-Alcoholism, sexuality, criminality
Supreme Court ruling, Buck v. Bell 1927
Three generations of imbeciles are enough
Measuring up to Eugenic Ideals
• Health
• IQ
• Education, occupation
• Special talents, tastes
• Church, politics
• Clubs, activities
Most extreme: eugenics
