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This 12 page paper considers the role of government and the evolution of social work in America. The writer explains what each era, reconstruction, progressive and New Deal was about and how the role of the federal government during each of those periods in history. For example, the federal government enacted laws and acts and adopted three amendments to the Constitution during the Reconstruction era but in the Progressive era, citizens were discovering ways to get around certain court decisions and legislatures. The next section defines the phrase "worthy poor" and discusses how that phrase may have been applied during the three eras. Finally, the writer discuses the charity organization movement and the settlement movement and how contemporary social work was influenced by these movements. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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the habit of the society looking for the government to solve the ills of America. He was implying that government was so large and unwieldy that it caused more problems
than it solved. Al Shanker comments that presidents after John F. Kennedy had let the American people down, specifically, Shanker stated: "presidents after Kennedy let Americans down. Johnson deceived
them about Vietnam. Nixon deceived them about Watergate. Reagan deceived them about Irangate. The national government proved unable to solve the problems of poverty and racism. And the availability of
public funds under lax supervision opened the door to graft and rip-off, whether by Pentagon suppliers or Medicare doctors or savings-and-loan bankers or welfare cheats" (Shanker, 1995). Reagan, in effect,
led an attack on the American government (Shanker, 1995). He was expressing the sentiment of the people as Americans became more and more disenchanted with politicians insulting and trashing each
other during their campaigns, demeaning the profession they had chosen (Shanker, 1995). The media gloried in these political attacks and in fact, made cynicism its own industry (Shanker, 1995). This
essay explores the role of government in three historical eras and comments on the American perception of government during those eras. It also addresses some of the history of social
work. Role of Government in Reconstruction, Progressive, New Deal The years following the Civil War were called the Reconstruction period; it began in 1865 and lasted until 1877 (World
Book Online Americas Edition, 2002). The Reconstruction period is one of the most controversial periods in the history of the nation with scholars still debating its failures and successes more
than a century later (World Book Online Americas Edition, 2002). One thing is for certain is that the federal government had a direct role in the activities and laws during
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