CLEP Western Civ II

Answer: C - Darwin's theory of evolution allowed Europeans to see themselves as the most evolved of the races. The full title of the book was The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. This would become the foundation for eugenics, the science of race, which justified European dominance through the science of the era. The idea of using science to argue superiority would not only justify the conquest of empires, but also fuel 20^th-century genocides.