During the 1980s, a Growing Number of Critics Alleged That

question 96

Multiple Choice

During the 1980s, a growing number of critics alleged that welfare programs

• A) had nearly eliminated poverty.
• B) were helping to create a dysfunctional underclass of people who depended upon them for survival.
• C) were being abused, mostly by the wealthy.
• D) benefited only the middle class at the expense of the poorer class.
• E) should be turned back over to private charities and religious institutions because government resources had been exhausted.

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Grading Land

the process of leveling or sloping land to prepare it for construction, landscaping, or other uses, often reflected in property development costs.

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A building that has been intentionally destroyed or taken down.

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