This document provides an overview of the eugenics movement. It defines eugenics as applying genetic knowledge to improve the human race, as coined by Francis Galton in 1883. The aims of eugenics included creating a healthy, intelligent community free from disability. Historically, eugenics involved both positive eugenics through genetic counseling and negative eugenics using forced sterilization. However, challenges to eugenics emerged showing that sterilization did not reduce disability prevalence and hybrid plants showed more vigor than purebreds, refuting claims of racial purity. The document also discusses methods of implementing eugenics and modern advances in genetics.