All of the following were considered legitimate functions of the federal government in the late 19th century except:
a) promoting industrial growth by means of a protective tariff
b) granting subsidies to encourage the construction of railroads
c) regulating immigration
d) assuring the welfare of the poor and unemployed
e) regulating the nation's security

d) assuring the welfare of the poor and unemployed

Explanation:

In the late 19th Century in the US, assuring the welfare of the poor and unemployed was never considered as a legitimate function of the federal government. Rather, by Presidential terms jobs are created through various private sectors and the eligible poor takes advantage of the available jobs created.

according to the quotation from booker t. washington's 1895 atlanta compromise speech.

in the great leap from slavery to freedom . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . we shall prosper . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor.

washington believed that  hard work had its own kind of dignity.

explanation:

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