Question 1

One of the reasons that increasing urbanization contributed to problems of poverty was:

Accepted Answer

A) people in the country had access to more resources. 
B) people in the city had fewer close relationships. 
C) people in the city were wage earners. 
D) all of the above. 
A) people in the country had access to more resources. 
B) people in the city had fewer close relationships. 
C) people in the city were wage earners. 
D) all of the above.

Question 2

All of the following have been major contributors to an increase in poverty,except:

Accepted Answer

A) famine. 
B) psychological depression. 
C) urbanization. 
D) economic depression. 
A) famine. 
B) psychological depression. 
C) urbanization. 
D) economic depression.

Question 3

The Great Depression caused many shifts in beliefs about the poor.The only one that the Depression did not cause was that:

Accepted Answer

A) poverty in most cases was a result more of structural factors than of personal failings. 
B) the same factors that cause poverty during hard times also cause some people to be poor during times of economic prosperity. 
C) the private sector can't handle massive need. 
D) none of the above. 
A) poverty in most cases was a result more of structural factors than of personal failings. 
B) the same factors that cause poverty during hard times also cause some people to be poor during times of economic prosperity. 
C) the private sector can't handle massive need. 
D) none of the above.

Question 4

Other than workman's compensation,other forms of social insurance were developed for:

Accepted Answer

A) the elderly. 
B) mothers of young children. 
C) the blind. 
D) all of the above. 
A) the elderly. 
B) mothers of young children. 
C) the blind. 
D) all of the above.

One of the reasons that increasing urbanization contributed to problems of poverty was:

All of the following have been major contributors to an increase in poverty,except:

The Great Depression caused many shifts in beliefs about the poor.The only one that the Depression did not cause was that:

Other than workman's compensation,other forms of social insurance were developed for:

Competing Perspectives on Social Welfare

Social Welfare: Basic Concepts

Social Work As a Profession

Generalist Social Work Practice

Responses to Human Diversity

Religion and Social Work

Poverty: the Central Concept

The Nature and Causes of Poverty

Child Welfare

Crime and Criminal Justice

Health Care

Mental Health and Developmental Disability

Housing, homelessness, and Community Development

Aging

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Exam 9: The Development of Antipoverty Programs

One of the reasons that increasing urbanization contributed to problems of poverty was:

All of the following have been major contributors to an increase in poverty,except:

The Great Depression caused many shifts in beliefs about the poor.The only one that the Depression did not cause was that:

Other than workman's compensation,other forms of social insurance were developed for:

Competing Perspectives on Social Welfare

Social Welfare: Basic Concepts

Social Work As a Profession

Generalist Social Work Practice

Responses to Human Diversity

Religion and Social Work

Poverty: the Central Concept

The Nature and Causes of Poverty

Child Welfare

Crime and Criminal Justice

Health Care

Mental Health and Developmental Disability

Housing, homelessness, and Community Development

Aging

Filters