I'd like to add one more issue to the discussion. The Industrial Revolution changed the concept of work in America on several levels. First, as productivity advanced, so did the need for more workers and more work hours. More people entered the workforce than ever before, actually causing a nationwide shift in polulation from the rural to the more urban areas, where the jobs were.
The State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, was established by the federal government ten years ago to provide health insurance to children in families at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt started what is now known as the  welfare program in the United States. It was created in response to  the Great Depression.lthough the poverty rate declined in the 1960s, more than 4 million new recipients signed up for welfare.. Read more: Welfare-A Brief History Of Welfare Reform-Programs, Assistance, Act, Recipients, Responsibility, and Training-located in the related link below.