Which statement best describes the role of scientific racism in Nazi persecution?(1 point)
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Scientific racism combined Social Darwinism and eugenics to exclusively attack Jewish peoples.
Scientific racism combined Social Darwinism and eugenics to exclusively attack Jewish peoples.
Scientific racism was used to construct a theoretically superior Aryan race and to justify racism against other supposedly inferior races.
Scientific racism was used to construct a theoretically superior Aryan race and to justify racism against other supposedly inferior races.
Scientific racism proposed that the Aryans were an inferior race and the only way for Germans to advance was to destroy them.
Scientific racism proposed that the Aryans were an inferior race and the only way for Germans to advance was to destroy them.
Scientific racism was common at the time but was not a factor in Nazi persecution or their policies.
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The statement that best describes the role of scientific racism in Nazi persecution is:
Scientific racism was used to construct a theoretically superior Aryan race and to justify racism against other supposedly inferior races.
This accurately reflects how the Nazis employed pseudoscientific ideas about race to promote their ideology and justify their discriminatory policies, including the persecution of Jews and other groups deemed "inferior."
