Poorhouses in the 19th-century U.S.:
A) were effective in eliminating poverty among adolescents
B) aimed at warehousing the poor with no attempt to rehabilitate them
C) theoretically stressed the importance of work, education, and discipline
D) managed to successfully balance the goals of order, low cost, and reform

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Poorhouses in the 19th-century U.S. theoretically stressed the importance of work, education, and discipline, although in practice, they often failed to achieve these goals.

Poorhouses in the 19th-Century U.S