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H. H. Goddard

1900s - H.H. Goddard developed IQ tests with rankings for “idiots, imbeciles, and morons.”

1912 - Goddard used his tests at Ellis Island to “discover” that large percentages of the new immigrants are “feeble-minded”.

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