Definitions
Categorizing of the poor as those who have “tried and failed”
Who are the deserving poor?
Set of laws in England that created a shift in perception of public responsibility for assisting individuals
What were the Elizabethan Poor Laws?
Set of federal programs enacted to combat the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
Named for a former president, this economic ideology focused on supply-side economics and also labeled as "trickle-down" economics
What is Reaganomics?
This George H.W. Bush era law was repealed during the Obama administration and replaced with "Race to the top"
What is No Child Left Behind?
Categorizing of the poor as those who are responsible for their own plight
Who are the undeserving poor?
Relief provided to the elderly and disabled that allowed them to stay in their homes
What is outdoor relief?
These organizations employed scientific charity in their work to provide social welfare benefits
What were Charity Organization Societies (COS)?
This president tried and failed to privatize social security.
Who was George W. Bush?
This granted citizenship to all those born in and naturalized in the United States
What is the 14th amendment?
These were group settings of early American assistance
What were workhouses or almshouses?
Relief provided to orphans, the sick, and "sturdy beggars"
What is indoor relief?
Social workers played a key role in administering this racist program during WW2 in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is the Internment of Japanese Americans/Japanese-American Incarceration During World War II?
This Republican signed the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990
Who was George H.W. Bush?
This is the formal name of the law commonly referred to as "welfare reform."
What is the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996?
Post-civil war laws to limit the social, economic, and civil rights of African Americans
What were black codes?
Idea that assistance should either be so insufficient or so difficult to get to make it undesirable in comparison to any other options for sustenance
What is the principle of less eligibility?
These two groups of workers were deliberately excluded from the Social Security Act's Old Age Insurance
Who were domestic and agricultural workers?
Developed by Newt Gingrich, this outlined a vision of low taxes and small government
What was the contract with America?
Repeal of this Depression-era law that separated commercial and investment banking was blamed for the economic crisis of 2008
What was the Glass-Steagall Act?
Exertion of power or action to solve immediate problems or choose between alternatives even though the solution or choice is not necessarily optimal or desirable in the abstract.
What is bounded agency?
Local administrators who administered social welfare programs
Who were overseerers of the poor?
Social worker and first female cabinet member and Secretary of Labor
Who was Francis Perkins?
Shifting responsibility for funding and a source from higher to lower levels of government.
What is Devolution?
This led to the creation of a federal civil service system based on merit rather than favors to supporters.
What was the Pendleton Act of 1883