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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon develop their "intelligence test."

Date: 1905

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The Simon-Binet "IQ" test will be used to build a case for population control and eugenics as a method of "weeding out" the descendants of "degenerate" family lines. It will also later be used to test potential immigrants and soldiers.