History Final Past Material (Quizzes 4 & 5)

What are the two most important things you learned from today's reading, chapter 2 of Garland's The Welfare State: a very short introduction

-How the Welfare for the most part ended with laws -but how poor relief is never fully stopped. people still want to help but not as much as before.

What are two things you learned about poor relief from Loiacono's "Working Poor: Lydia Bates" chapter?

-one thing I learned was how working as a temp fits into poor relief -I also learned how the overseer of the poor deals with children and young adults who don't have parents to help them out before the town has to help with poor relief

How did Franklin Roosevelt's presidential administration respond to the Great Depression?

By getting the government involved in helping the poor by giving clothes, food, and paying for expenses. Not letting fear of the Great Depression win.

What was the law of coverture in the early U.S.A?

Coverture refers to married couples and talks about how the man takes the responsibility and is not the owner of the wife's land and possessions. If the wife gets in trouble the husband would then be at fault in some situations.

In what way(s) was Halloween charity in Late Medieval Britain and Ireland?

Halloween is Charity during Medieval Britain and Ireland due to doling day. This is where people would go door to door and ask people for soule cakes. Then the people were expected to give out soule cakes.

Is Halloween a day of charity today? Why or why not?

Halloween is a day of charity because like doling day little kids are going door to door and saying, "Trick or treat!" to get candy. In the U.S.'s society it is expected of people to hand out candy or something when kids come to your door on Halloween.

According to David GArland's The Welfare State: a Very Sort Introduction, what is the welfare state?

How the government helps its citizens live a comfortable life by making sure they don't get hurt by industrial/capitalist ways. Made up of different sectors like social insurance, social assistance, social services.

Today the world "liberal" often means politically Left, or sometimes open-minded. But what was liberalism circa 1800?

Liberalism is rights a person has to goods and survival or to choose your own individual rights. Emphasis on individual rights and freedom.

Describe the second industrial revolution in the USA

Making complicated items in factories. 1000s worked and was male dominated. Larger than first industrial revolution.

Describe the first industrial revolution in the USA

Making things in a factory instead of at home. 100s worked and it was female dominated. Used water as a source of power.

What was nativism in the 1800s? How was it connected to poor relief?

Nativism is people born in America not wanting immigrants coming to the U.S. The U.S. viewed all immigrants as poor people just coming to the U.S. to use poor relief. They though immigrants would overwhelm the system, so they wanted to stop people from entering the U.S.

What is the difference between philanthropy and poor relief/welfare?

Philanthropy is private individuals helping the poor. Whereas poor relief/welfare is public and funded by the government.

Describe the Great Depression

The Great Depression is when banks went out of business which America to loose money and jobs. Poverty rose and was the worst it has ever been in the U.S.

How is the welfare state related to a free market, capitalist, industrial economy?

The welfare state helps citizens who are hurt or wronged by a free market, capitalist, industrial economy.

According to David GArland's The Welfare State: a Very Short Introduction, what is the welfare state not?

The welfare state is not just poor relief and is not socialism. Can't have one without the other. Can't have both welfare state and industrial/capitalist.

What did the Social Security Act do?

This was aimed at industrial workers. This gave money to older people through pensions. Now money is taken out of paychecks to allow older people to use during retirement in the social security fund.

Why did American cities and towns start building poorhouses in the mid-1800s?

This was so poor relief could become less expensive. This was viewed as getting the poor people out of the towns.

Comparing ideas of race in the present-day USA and the 1800s USA, how are they....

similar: referring to race the U.S. signals out one group of people. In the 1800s Irish, today it could be African Americans. different: In the 1800s people believed that race was pre-determined before an individual was born. You were though to act the same as people did before you.