The relatively high incidence of expanded family households among poorer North Americans is Select one: a. the result of a patri
local residence pattern. b. an adaptation to poverty. c. maladaptive, since smaller families would have fewer expenses. d. the result of bifurcate merging, a practice brought to the United States by Scotch-Irish immigrants during the early part of the 20th century. e. the reason welfare in the United States is ineffective.
Adaptation to poverty refers to a situation when poor economic position spread from one group segmentation to another.
This tend to happen as a part of symptoms of political instability or a sign that the overall economy is not doing so well, which might lead to higher unemployment and a decrease in standard of living.
The attrition of constant fighting, the inability of the Royal Navy to decisively defeat the French Navy, and the withdrawal of the majority of British forces from North America in 1778 ultimately led to the British army's defeat.