Foundations Of Social Policy Social Justice In Human Perspective 4th Edition By Amanda – Test Bank

Chapter 11: CHILDREN

Multiple Choice

1. Aries argued that in the seventeenth century:
A. the idea of childhood as a special life stage was introduced.
B. caregivers began to view children as needing guidance and direction.
C. boys benefited before girls from changing views of childhood.
D. All of these

ANS: D PG: 315 EPAS: 2.1.9a

2. In 1994, President Clinton signed the _________________ to prevent discrimination in the placement of children in foster care and adoption.
A. Multi-Ethnic Placement Act
B. Parental Rights Act
C. Americans with Disabilities Act
D. None of the se

ANS: A PG: 319 EPAS: 2.1.8a

3. Florida, Mississippi, and Utah all specifically forbid the practice of:
A. multi-ethnic adoption.
B. transracial adoption.
C. gay and lesbian adoption.
D. multiple adoptions inside one family.

ANS: C PG: 320 EPAS: 2.1.1a

4. Adoption by gay and lesbian persons runs counter to which of the following myths?
A. Homosexual parents are more likely to molest their children.
B. Children adopted by homosexuals will be pressured to live homosexual lives.
C. Children raised by homosexuals will be living in immoral environments.
D. All of the these

ANS: D PG: 320 EPAS: 2.1.6b

5. In 1562, England passed the “Statutes of Artificers,” which was designed to force poor children into apprenticeships. This statute represented:
A. an early poverty prevention policy.
B. a means to enforce child labor.
C. a method of population control.
D. establishment of monopoly for small-town apprenticeships.

ANS: A PG: 320-321 EPAS: 2.1.9a

6. Intellectuals in revolutionary America (Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, Samuel Knox, and Noah Webster) saw education as a:
A. fundamentally political endeavor.
B. method by which the states would be unified.
C. program best left to states, not the federal government.
D. All of these

ANS: D PG: 321 EPAS: 2.1.9a

7. Massachusetts passed the first compulsory attendance law, requiring that children between the ages of eight and fourteen attend school for _______ each year.
A. 24 weeks
B. 12 weeks
C. 15 weeks
D. 36 weeks

ANS: B PG: 322 EPAS: 2.1.9a

8. One of the most significant federal investments in education has been:
A. the Head Start Program.
B. the Quick Start Program.
C. preschool.
D. mandatory testing.

ANS: A PG: 324 EPAS: 2.1.8A; 2.1.9a

9. _____________ give parents the opportunity to select the schools that their children will attend.
A. School districts
B. Pro-choice reforms
C. School Choice reforms
D. All of these

ANS: C PG: 328-329 EPAS: 2.1.8a

10. James E. West persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to convene a “Conference on the Care of Dependent Children.” The conference brought the needs of these children to national attention, setting the stage for the development of
A. child care.
B. health insurance for children.
C. the public child welfare system.
D. None of these

ANS: C PG: 330 EPAS: 2.1.9a