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Eugenics, or the belief in the improvement of the human race through selective breeding, played a significant role in the history and culture of the United States prior to WWII. Based on pseudo science, tens of thousands of Americans were forcibly sterilized during those years and well into the 1970s.  Answer the following question: Despite early criticism, what contributed to the rise of the eugenics movement during the first decades of the twentieth century?