ite of this, the church remained involved with social welfare. Instead of dieing out, the church created and maintained its own private relief organizations.
             The westward expansion forced many Americans to move out west and once again created the need to form a communal welfare state within frontier communities. With the definite separation from England, and the exploration of the frontier many Americans embraced the concept of 'America, the land of plenty.' Numerous Americans began to throw out the traditional beliefs and soon began to believe that poverty was not something that was inevitable, rather it was up to the individual to shape their own future, as long as they maintained a moral and ethical way of life. This form of thought brought the Puritan work ethic back into the light and soon became eth dominant foundation for the American Dream.
             Americans during the nineteenth century began to change, and once attain so did the attitude toward the poor. A group in England called the Classical Economist believed that pov
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