In 1875, the case of “Mary Ellen” brought child abuse to public attention and led to the creation of the

A. Child Abuse Association.
B. New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC).
C. United States Child Abuse Act.
D. Department of Charities.


ANS: B

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a. The department of Health and Human Services b. Education c. Housing and human development d. All the above

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Ida B. Wells worked tirelessly to combat

A) indiscriminate giving to migrant populations B) the indiscriminate lynching of black men and the myth of the angry black man C) gender bias D) social justice for immigrant men

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Explain whether you can have reliability if you do not have validity, or validity without having reliability.

What will be an ideal response?

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According to the text, generalizations about family role traits-hero, scapegoat, etc

A) ?are not empirically validated. B) ?are not based on personal observation. C) ?are rarely helpful in engaging family members in systems work. D) ?are refuted by Wegscheider and Black.

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