... in the United States in the late nineteenth century seems to have been the logical path for social theorists after the industrial revolution. The country had just experienced an industrial revolution and business was booming. Of course, along with the industrial revolution came larger separation of the social classes and countless poor. There was also a shift in immigration from western to eastern European ... point of eugenics was to "give the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable." Galton wrote in a time where the industria...

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... that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. While some European scientists disagreed with Darwin's theory, others embraced it and used the theory to create their own scientific findings and to incorporate it into their societies. As Darwin's theory became more publicly known, some people began to understand the reasons for evolution, and his theories affected religion ... in Ireland was, "Would you allow the teaching of Darwinism in Catholic Universities? " Protestants believed the battle was no longer between science and religion because the great silent ...

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