Deck 9: The Development of Antipoverty Programs

Question 1

"The colonial approach to poor relief was characterized by another idea that reflected the development of a unique culture in the New World." What was this idea?

A)Work for higher wages
B)Working for themselves
C)The importance of work ethic
D)None of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Dorothea Dix successfully convinced Congress to appropriate lands for mental institutions.Which president vetoed this measure?

A)Abraham Lincoln
B)Millard Fillmore
C)Franklin Pierce
D)James Buchanan

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What was the Social Security Act of 1935?

A)An act meant to alleviate financial dependency through two lines of defense: self sufficiency and hard work.
B)An act meant to alleviate financial dependency through two lines of defense: donations from the wealthy and taxes.
C)An act meant to alleviate financial dependency through two lines of defense: education and personal responsibility.
D)An act meant to alleviate financial dependency through two lines of defense: contributory social insurance and public assistance.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What was the most important factor concerning the feudal system?

A)It provided basic needs.
B)It make the people rich.
C)It separated the poor from the rich.
D)It made the poor and rich equal.

Question 5

"Workingman's Insurance" was a reflection of increasing urbanization because:

A)people in the city had no garden.
B)people in the city had less reliable neighbors.
C)people in the city lived from paycheck to paycheck.
D)all of the above.

Question 6

Which one of these statements is NOT true?

A)Liberals,a group that includes most social workers,were generally opposed to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and the TANF program it instituted.
B)The Family Support Act of 1988 and the TANF program that replaced it represented a new approach to the problem of public dependency.
C)The first major effort toward welfare reform climaxed in 1988 with the passage of the Family Support Act.
D)None of the above.

Question 7

Why was the Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 significant?

A)It was the only law that dealt with children.
B)It represented a compilation and refinement of all the antipoverty legislation of the previous 250 years.
C)It represented a compilation of all the antipoverty legislation and added an equal wage law.
D)It was the first piece of legislation Queen Elizabeth signed into law.

Question 8

Among the developments leading to the passage of the Statute of Laborers in England were:

A)the plague.
B)the Inquisition.
C)the Reformation.
D)increased taxation.

Question 9

Define "Social Darwinism."

A)The concept that all people are equal in social status.
B)The concept of survival of the fittest being applied to the marketplace as well as to the jungle.
C)Government intervention to help people with economic and social problems.
D)None of the above.

Question 10

The very first type of social insurance passed was:

A)Mothers' Pension Law.
B)Workmen's Compensation.
C)old age pensions.
D)pensions for the blind.

Question 11

Define "indoor relief."

A)People were cared for in their own homes.
B)People would be cared for at a shelter.
C)People donated to people who needed help.
D)People were cared for by being taken into some form of custodial care.

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

How were most public antipoverty efforts in the 1850's funded?

A)state and local governments
B)donations
C)Both A and B
D)Neither A nor B

Question 14

What happened during the 14^th century in England that devastated the country on a wide scale?

A)Owners of farms and businesses decided they weren't going to hire workers
B)the King declared war
C)various calamities including famine,crop failures and the bubonic plague
D)None of the above

Question 15

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

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 16

The strong belief that work is innately good and that hard work indicates a person of quality is called:

A)the American Dream.
B)indoor relief.
C)rugged individualism.
D)the Protestant Ethic.

Question 17

What was the Statute of Laborers?

A)An act that sought to solve the labor problem by setting a maximum wage,compelling unattached workers to work for whoever wanted them,forbidding laborers from traveling,and making it illegal for able-bodied men to beg.
B)An act that sought to solve the labor problem by setting a minimum wage,contracting workers to work in a steady field,encouraging laborers to travel,and making it legal for able-bodied men to beg.
C)An act that sought to solve the labor problem by not having a set wage,contracting workers to work in a steady field and letting them live off of their employers land.
D)None of the above.

Question 18

The Elizabethan Poor Law included all but which of the following provisions?

A)People were responsible for their children and parents up to 3 generations.
B)The unemployed were put to work.
C)Vagrants could be executed.
D)Children were kept in school.

Question 19

By the time of the civil war,public attitudes against public outdoor relief were very high.Among the reasons for this attitude were all but:

A)public agencies were not trustworthy.
B)use of public money to keep people in their homes threatened the economy.
C)outdoor relief was more expensive than indoor relief.
D)private charity gave opportunities for salvation for donations.

Question 20

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

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

Question 21

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

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 22

In the 1950s,the population of the United States grew by an additional 30 million.This increase was caused by:

A)immigration.
B)improved health and sanitation.
C)increased birth rate.
D)all of the above.

Question 23

The first of Roosevelt's New Deal legislation was:

A)Federal Emergency Relief.
B)Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance.
C)Aid to Dependent Children.
D)Unemployment Insurance

Question 24

The 1960 Census revealed the following:

A)the New Deal programs had effectively reduced poverty.
B)poverty was largely restricted to only segments of the population.
C)poverty was far more common than thought.
D)none of the above.