Question 1

School desegregation was achieved by:

Accepted Answer

A)  The Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, which was immediately implemented and ensured that all classrooms are fully integrated 
B)  The Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson 
C)  congressional legislation 
D)  schools are still largely segregated, despite legal prohibitions against de jure segregation

Question 2

After entering the labor market in unprecedented numbers during World War II, women after the war:

Accepted Answer

A)  were promoted on the basis of their work experience 
B)  enjoyed enhanced political power commensurate with their economic independence 
C)  were pressured to return to traditional gender roles in the home 
D)  flocked to military service

Question 3

The national health insurance program for people 65 years of age and older is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Medicaid 
B)  SCHIP 
C)  Medicare 
D)  Social Security

Question 4

The Johnson Administration's social policy efforts, including the creation of Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), funding for Community Action Programs, the creation of Head Start, and the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid, was called:

Accepted Answer

A)  The New Deal 
B)  The Assault on Inequality 
C)  The Fair Deal 
D)  The Great Society

Question 5

Today, the legacy of the Obama Administration can be seen in which aspects of social policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  None; President Trump has erased all Obama-era initiatives 
B)  The Affordable Care Act, some tighter environmental regulations, and the entrance of millions of young voters and voters of color into the political process 
C)  Proof that the U.S. is finally a "color-blind" society 
D)  Substantially higher levels of taxation and spending, especially in anti-poverty programming

Question 6

Affirmative Action is best understood as:

Accepted Answer

A)  reparations paid to African Americans for their ancestors' slavery 
B)  reverse discrimination 
C)  policies and programs designed to compensate for discrimination against marginalized groups 
D)  quotas that make it easier for women to get jobs than for men

Question 7

Among the social policy achievements of the John F. Kennedy Administration were:

Accepted Answer

A)  an end to discrimination based on race 
B)  the beginning of the deinstitutionalization movement for persons with mental illness 
C)  passage of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
D)  creation of Medicare

Question 8

Social workers practicing in immigrant communities likely consider policy actions of the Trump Administration as:

Accepted Answer

A)  inconsequential, since many have been overturned by the courts 
B)  forever turning the tide of U.S. public opinion against immigrants 
C)  harmful, both in terms of their actual effects, particularly for would-be refugees and asylum-seekers, as well as rhetorically, because President Trump so often characterizes immigrants as a threat to the nation 
D)  functionally equivalent to the Obama Administration, which deported more immigrants than any prior presidency

Question 9

How did the roles played by social workers within the Roosevelt Administration impact the development of the policies within the New Deal?

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Question 10

Social workers' support for the Social Service Amendments to the Social Security Act:

Accepted Answer

A)  definitively proved that case management is essential in ending poverty 
B)  increased social workers' power, after the Amendments dramatically decreased the welfare rolls 
C)  increased skepticism about social services, after the amendments failed to reduce poverty 
D)  taught the profession to never again engage in policy advocacy

Question 11

The "New Democrats"' social policy agenda did NOT include:

Accepted Answer

A)  unpaid medical and family leave for many workers 
B)  legislation to help people with disabilities retain health care once employed 
C)  expansion of welfare benefits for low-income single mothers 
D)  balanced budgets to protect future fiscal solvency

Exam 3: The Historical Context: Development of Our Current Welfare System