The almshouse and workhouse in the nineteenth century were intended to
A) support the most vulnerable and needy without expectation of anything in return.
B) keep criminals off the streets and poor people out of jail.
C) ensure that poor people were working and no one was given a free ride.
D) give unemployed men a place to go to get their lives together.
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