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12 Cards in this Set
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Almshouse
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An institution for the poor.
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Deeds of Gift
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Contracts specifying obligations owed to parents by children in return for inheritance of family property; found in colonial New England.
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Early Retirement Incentive Program (ERIP)
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Special pension provisions that allow workers to retire early even if they are ineligible for benefits under regular eligibility rules.
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Elizabethan Poor Laws
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A system of local government and local responsibility for the poor; established criteria for local welfare programs.
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Extended Family Household
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Household consisting of several generations, usually parents, their adult children, and their grandchildren.
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Gerontocracy
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A community ruled by the aged
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Industrialization
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Process of transforming an agricultural economy into an industrial one; predominant characteristics include production by machine rather than by hand, involvement of an increasing proportion of the workforce in manufacturing, the concentration of production in large factories, rapid population increase, and urbanization.
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Nuclear Family Household
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Household composed solely of parents and their children.
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Out-Relief
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Direct grants of aid to the poor.
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Primogeniture
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The inheritance practice in which a father passes his property on to one child, usually the eldest son.
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Retirement Contracts
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Detailed contracts between parents and children regarding the parents' rights and the children's responsibilities; found in agricultural societies.
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Veneration
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An attitude toward the aged that emphasizes respect, honor, obligation, and deference; also, a feeling of religious awe and reverence that approaches a form of worship.
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