Deck 6: An Overview of Social Welfare and Social Work History

Question 1

Charity organization societies:

A)initially used friendly visitors who tried to help people figure out how to solve their problems.
B)stressed the empowerment and self-sufficiency of all.
C)shunned the scientific approach and adopted the settlement perspective for the upliftment of the poor.
D)were started by Jane Addams.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The _____ channeled funds to finance various public works such as building roads, cataloging resources in libraries, digging drainage ditches, and renovating parks.

A)Public Works Administration
B)Civilian Works Administration
C)Civilian Conservation Corps
D)Federal Emergency Relief Act

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The _____ was a policy of supplementing the income of all poor people so everyone would have a minimum income necessary for survival.

A)Speenhamland system
B)Elizabethan Poor Law
C)Jones Act
D)Mittanian Agreement

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Feudalism was the principal type of political organization in Europe until the:

A)mid-1300s.
B)late-1400s.
C)early-1500s.
D)late-1600s.

Question 5

The _____ is considered the first piece of legislation establishing coherent, consistent public support for needy people through local taxes.

A)Statute of Laborers
B)Social Welfare Act
C)Beggar Tax
D)Elizabethan Poor Law

Question 6

The trend of the mammoth growth in manufacturing and technology that occurred in the United States between the Civil War and the early 20th century was called:

A)the Great Society.
B)War on Poverty.
C)the Good Life.
D)industrialization.

Question 7

All of the following are true regarding the early poor laws in the American colonies except that:

A)the laws resembled or were identical to those in England.
B)the worthy poor were pitied and the community found ways to care for them.
C)services reflected a mix of public and private collaboration.
D)the colonists reflected a residual view of social welfare.

Question 8

What happened after feudalism's demise in England?

A)People fled the urban areas looking for work in the rural areas.
B)Cholera destroyed almost half of the English population.
C)A law was passed restricting the unemployed from moving about.
D)The church gained more political and financial power.

Question 9

A major step forward in the development of protective services was the _____ that was first held in 1909.

A)White House Conference on Dependent Children
B)Congressional Conclave on Indian Rights
C)International Summit on Mental Health
D)National Policy Convention

Question 10

_____ wrote Social Diagnosis, the first book to address professional social work practice, in 1917.

A)Mary Richmond
B)Jane Addams
C)Dorothea Dix
D)Etta Wheeler

Question 11

_____ were neighborhood-based centers where interested students, humanitarians, and others lived to help people in poverty improve their lives and communities.

A)Almshouses
B)Poorhouses
C)Settlement houses
D)Charity organization societies

Question 12

The _____ provided grants to the states for people in need and established camps for displaced persons, provided loans to college students, and purchased and sold 4 million acres of land to tenant farmers.

A)Public Works Administration
B)Civilian Conservation Corps
C)Works Progress Administration
D)Federal Emergency Relief Act

Question 13

_____ were institutions in England where the impotent poor were placed and provided food and shelter.

A)Welfare shelters
B)Missions
C)Speenhamlands
D)Almshouses

Question 14

Franklin Delano Roosevelt initiated the _____, a vigorous plan that created a wide range of social programs and significantly extended federal control in social welfare matters.

A)Great Society
B)War on Poverty
C)New Deal
D)Right Way

Question 15

The Civil War occurred from _____.

A)1780 to 1785
B)1801 to 1802
C)1861 to 1865
D)1890 to 1891

Question 16

Which of the following was a category of people eligible for public support according to the 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law?

A)Alcoholics
B)Adopted children
C)Able-bodied poor
D)Reformed criminals

Question 17

The _____ established the residency requirement in England that needed potential aid recipients to prove that they had dwelled in some location for some designated time before they could receive assistance or benefits from the political body governing that location.

A)Elizabethan Poor Law
B)Law of Settlement
C)Social Welfare Act
D)Statutes of Laborers

Question 18

The intent of the _____ was to encourage economic growth and help struggling industries, which was accomplished by contracting with private businesses to build facilities such as bridges, airports, dams, and school buildings.

A)Public Works Administration
B)Federal Emergency Relief Act
C)Civilian Conservation Corps
D)Works Progress Administration

Question 19

_____ was one of the founders of perhaps the most famous settlement house in Chicago, called the Hull House, in 1889.

A)Mary Richmond
B)Jane Addams
C)Dorothea Dix
D)Etta Wheeler

Question 20

The _____ to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote, was passed in 1920.

A)14th Amendment
B)4th Amendment
C)19th Amendment
D)9th Amendment

Question 21

According to Tice and Perkins (2002), the most famous Native American protest group from the 1960s is the _____.

A)Native Americans Unite
B)American Indian Movement
C)Bureau of Indian Affairs
D)Native Land Recovery Group

Question 22

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act was passed during the presidency of _____.

A)Ronald Reagan
B)George H. W. Bush
C)Bill Clinton
D)George W. Bush

Question 23

President Barack Obama's health-care reform plan is entitled the _____.

A)Patient Bill of Rights
B)Title XXI
C)Personal Medical Insurance Act
D)Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Question 24

_____ involved recruiting people to work in urban and rural neighborhoods experiencing economic and cultural problems.

A)Job Corps
B)Volunteers in Service to America
C)Upward Bound
D)Community Action Program

Question 25

_____ provided preschoolers with resources designed to meet educational, health, and recreational needs throughout the year.

A)Operation Head Start
B)Job Corps
C)Volunteers in Service to America
D)Upward Bound

Question 26

John Locke's tabula rasa approach from the mid-18th century suggested that children:

A)be placed in apprenticeships.
B)were inherently pure and good.
C)required supervision to keep them busy and out of trouble.
D)be provided religious moral education from a young age.

Question 27

_____ was a program that targeted school-age children and presented them with special educational resources and incentives to prevent them from dropping out of school.

A)Operation Head Start
B)Job Corps
C)Volunteers in Service to America
D)Upward Bound

Question 28

Cesar Chavez formed the:

A)United Grape Growers.
B)Agricultural Consortium.
C)California Migrant Worker Society.
D)National Farm Workers Association.

Question 29

The _____ supported the work of artists, musicians, writers, and scholars and provided jobs in a wide range of activities, from heavy construction to the painting of murals in local libraries and orchestral performances in the schools.

A)Public Works Administration
B)Civilian Conservation Corps
C)Works Progress Administration
D)Federal Emergency Relief Act

Question 30

The _____ in 1917 gave all people born on the island of Puerto Rico U.S. citizenship.

A)Puerto Rican Territorial Treaty
B)Jones Act
C)Island Territory Settlement
D)Immigration and Citizenship Act

Question 31

In which of the following landmark rulings in 1954 did the Supreme Court overturn the separate but equal doctrine and declare that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

A)Stevenson v. Public Education
B)Thomas v. California School Board
C)Brown v.Board of Education
D)King v. King

Question 32

An effort to fashion a "Great Society" was initiated by President:

A)Franklin Roosevelt.
B)John F. Kennedy.
C)Lyndon B.Johnson.
D)Ronald Reagan.

Question 33

The _____ halted Asian immigration almost altogether, a state of affairs that lasted until 1968.

A)Social Security Act of 1935
B)Older Americans Act of 1965
C)Immigration Act of 1924
D)Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

Question 34

The _____ was the most important piece of civil rights legislation since the Civil War.

A)Civilian Works Administration
B)Social Security Act of 1935
C)Civil Rights Act of 1964
D)Public Works Administration

Question 35

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Land:

A)was the first federal welfare agency.
B)was placed under the auspices of the Interior Department.
C)allocated property to over 45% of eligible African Americans.
D)was established by Congress in 1925.

Question 36

_____ was a program that recruited impoverished youths ages 16-24 from disadvantaged urban and rural communities, and provided them with residential training, employment, and work skills.

A)Operation Head Start
B)Job Corps
C)Volunteers in Service to America
D)Upward Bound

Question 37

_____ is a government program providing benefits related to certain designated risks assumed by working people.

A)Public assistance
B)Social insurance
C)Title IV, Aid to Dependent Children
D)The Older Americans Act

Question 38

_____ developed and coordinated efforts by neighborhood organizations to fight poverty and improve social and economic conditions for community residents.

A)Upward Bound
B)Neighborhood Youth Corps
C)Volunteers in Service to America
D)Community Action Program

Question 39

_____ is a government program providing assistance for older adults, dependent children in single-parent families, children with disabilities, and people who are blind.

A)Public assistance
B)Social insurance
C)Title IV, Aid to Dependent Children
D)The Older Americans Act

Question 40

The _____ initially recruited males between 18 and 25 who were receiving public assistance and transported them to revitalize parks in the West.

A)Civilian Works Administration
B)Civilian Conservation Corps
C)Works Progress Administration
D)Federal Emergency Relief Act

Question 41

The 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law is considered the first piece of legislation establishing coherent, consistent public support for needy people through local taxes.

Question 42

The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in _____.

A)1865
B)1929
C)1935
D)1990

Question 43

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) made accreditation available to baccalaureate social work (BSW) programs in _____.

A)1958
B)1974
C)1981
D)1989

Question 44

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote.

Question 45

The mental hygiene movement occurred in the United States:

A)from 1770 to 1900.
B)from 1900 to 1945.
C)during the early 1950s.
D)during the mid-1800s.

Question 46

The Social Security Act was passed in _____.

A)1865
B)1929
C)1935
D)1990

Question 47

In 1919, schools of social work in Canada and the United States joined together to form what is now known as the:

A)American Association of Schools of Social Work.
B)North American School Social Work Association.
C)School Social Work Association.
D)Schools of Social Work Association of America.

Question 48

The Civil Rights Act passed in _____ was the most important piece of civil rights legislation since the Civil War.

A)1601
B)1770
C)1954
D)1964

Question 49

Early poor laws in the American colonies frequently placed dependent children in apprenticeships.

Question 50

All of the following are true regarding the Reverend Charles Loring Brace except that:

A)he was one of the founders of Hull House.
B)he gathered up thousands of juvenile paupers from the New York City streets and sent them to live with farm families in the Midwest.
C)he believed that farmers were the ideal citizens and that farming was the ideal occupation.
D)he started New York's Children's Aid Society.

Question 51

The _____ movement, following the mental health movement, emphasized provision of care in people's own communities.

A)mental hygiene
B)moral treatment
C)deinstitutionalization

Question 52

Which of the following is true of the decision made in the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

A)It revoked the policy of providing social benefits to families with male members.
B)It barred mental patients from being provided school-level education.
C)It paved the way for stopping blatant racial discrimination in various public settings.
D)It forbade a legally unattached man from living with a family receiving benefits.

Question 53

The _____ movement, following the mental health movement, emphasized specialized psychiatric units and psychotherapy.

A)mental hygiene
B)moral treatment
C)deinstitutionalization

Question 54

As a result of _____ and her followers' efforts, over 30 state mental hospitals were established during the mid-1800s.

A)Dorothea Dix
B)Jane Addams
C)Mary Richmond
D)Etta Wheeler

Question 55

The _____ movement, following the mental health movement, emphasized human treatment in structured institutional settings.

A)mental hygiene
B)moral treatment
C)deinstitutionalization

Question 56

The _____ saw the beginning of the moral treatment movement in mental health.

A)1600s
B)1770s
C)1950s
D)1960s

Question 57

In 1955, seven separate professional organizations came together to form the:

A)American Association of Social Work Schools.
B)Academy of Social Work.
C)Council on Social Work Education.
D)National Association of Social Workers.

Question 58

The Social Security Act was passed during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency.

Question 59

The Great Depression was initiated by the _____ of 1929.

A)African slave trade
B)stock market crash
C)implementation of the Social Security Act
D)application of John Locke's tabula rasa

Question 60

The Speenhamland system was a very successful policy and is in existence even to this day.

Question 61

List the three categories of eligible recipients outlined in the English Elizabethan Poor Law.

Question 62

The fringe economy refers to President Barack Obama's stimulus plan.

Question 63

The 1781 Articles of Confederation gave the federal government singular and complete authority over Indian affairs.

Question 64

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship.

Question 65

The Dawes Act resulted in American Indians regaining 75% of their land.

Question 66

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 under the presidency of Barack Obama.

Question 67

What are some important events that affected social welfare during Clinton's presidency?

Question 68

Describe the Trail of Tears.

Question 69

During the 1950s, 85% of social work students selected casework as their orientation of choice.

Question 70

The Family and Medical Leave Act was passed during George W. Bush's presidency.

Question 71

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was initially formed in outrage over the lynching of African Americans.

Question 72

The Great Society was a program initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Question 73

List four programs that were established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

Question 74

Dorothea Dix was an advocate for the American Indian assimilation into the mainstream culture in the United States.

Question 75

The Freedmen's Bureau was placed under the auspices of the Interior Department.

Question 76

The Indian Removal Act resulted in thousands of American Indians being taken from their own lands and relocated to distant reservations.

Question 77

Under the Freedmen's Bureau, over 25% of eligible African Americans were allocated property.

Question 78

The Trail of Tears refers to the infamous 1,200-mile journey of the Cherokee people.

Question 79

Explain why the following women were important to social welfare history:
Jane Addams
Mary Richmond

Question 80

In colonial America, people with mental illness were placed in almshouses, clustered with the poor and people with other disabilities.