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Which of the following best exemplifies the Laws of Settlement provision of the Poor Laws?
Which of the following is not a category of the deserving poor?
What was a common result due to variability in collecting property taxes?
What was the rationale for providing aid to those living in a residential setting but not for those who lived outside of those settings?
Why did the early American settlers believe that being poor was a sign of personal failing?
Why was the plight of widows particularly dire?
Which of the following is NOT one of the examples of structural oppression identified in early solutions to welfare?