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==U.S. Progressives==
 
==U.S. Progressives==
 
===Eugenics in Oregon, 1920s–40s===
 
===Eugenics in Oregon, 1920s–40s===
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According to Robert R. McCoy in the ''Oregon Historical Quarterly'', Vol. 110, the middle class during the [[Progressive Era]] formed a movement summarized by historians as "radical democratic populism."<ref>McCoy, Robert R. (2009). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20615986 The Paradox of Oregon's Progressive Politics: The Political Career of Walter Marcus Pierce], p. 392. ''JSTOR''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> Also deemed "reactionary populism," it was used to describe the tendency for Progressive activists to advocate democratic reforms while simultaneously discriminating against racial and ethnic minorities.
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According to Robert R. McCoy in the ''Oregon Historical Quarterly'', Vol. 110, the middle class during the [[Progressive Era]] formed a movement summarized by historians as "radical democratic populism."<ref>McCoy, Robert R. (2009). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20615986 The Paradox of Oregon's Progressive Politics: The Political Career of Walter Marcus Pierce], p. 392. ''JSTOR''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> Also deemed "reactionary populism," it was used to describe the tendency for Progressive activists to advocate democratic reforms while simultaneously discriminating against racial and ethnic minorities. The Progressive Movement was strong in [[Oregon]], where agrarian contempt for Yankee capitalism was strong and long fueled left-wing populist causes like free coinage of silver;<ref>"The Paradox of Oregon's Progressive Politics," p. 395.</ref> such economic appeals were mixed with overt anti-Asian sentiment, which was prominent in the West.
    
==References==
 
==References==
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