How did social workers respond to the Great Depression in America?

A. shift responsibility for meeting the poor's needs to charity groups
B. rekindle the "cause" orientation that had been abandoned in the 1920s
C. form alliances with conservative politicians
D. demand that social welfare programs address the needs of minority groups


Answer: B

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