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How much of a welfare state (in the present-day understanding of the term) was the US back then?
For government, I believe next to nothing at the Federal level, and some in States.
The Social Security Administration has a history: http://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html
And a Chronology: http://www.ssa.gov/history/chrono.html
Some libertarian guy wrote a book on the mutual aid, charity aspect of it in the early 20th century (his name rhymes with Hansky?, but I can't dredge it out of my neurons). Maybe someone else will recall.