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industrial revolution
people could no longer ignore the needs of the impoverished. Group homes were built, the social work field expanded,charity organizations stepped up to care for those in need -
US settlement house movement
led the crusade toward providing charity and also looking at the causes of poverty and initiating change -
social security act of 1935
provided for the retired elderly and widows and dependent children of deceased workers and those with special needs -
world war 2
economic recovery came from manufacturing -
family and medical leave act
allows full-time employees to take unpaid job protected leave for family transitions involving close family members.