Social Inequality In A Global Age 4th Edition By Scott R. Sernau – Test Bank

Overview

CHAPTER 11

Reversing the Race to the Bottom: Poverty and Policy

TEST ITEMS

Multiple Choice

1. A major component of the 1996 Welfare Reform act was to encourage
2. welfare to work rules *
3. full employment policies
4. universal health coverage
5. higher minimum wage guidelines

2. As part of the New Deal programs, the Roosevelt administration initiated
3. school-to-work programs
4. public work projects such as the WPA and CCC *
5. a national network of enterprise zones
6. the new international division of labor

3. Lyndon Johnson responded to disturbing studies of poverty, such as Michael Harrington’s The Other America, with a call
4. to end welfare as we know it
5. to institute social security
6. to defend freedom in Vietnam
7. for a war on poverty *

4. Poverty in the US decreased the most dramatically during
5. the 1930s
6. the 1960s *
7. the 1970s
8. the 1980s

5. David Ellwood and others have argued that working poor families should be supported by universal health care and expanded
6. enterprise zones
7. school-to-work policies
8. earned income tax credits *
9. restrictive covenants

6. Since the 1970s the real dollar value of the minimum wage has
7. increased
8. declined *
9. been determined by the states themselves
10. remained constant

7. The highest poverty rates in the US are experienced by
8. Hispanics
9. Native Americans *
10. Whites
11. Asian Americans

8. Compared to other nations, the United States
9. has the longest life expectancy
10. has the lowest infant mortality rate
11. has the healthiest population
12. spends the most on healthcare *

9. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was replaced in 1996 by a new program called
10. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) *
11. the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
12. the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
13. the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

10. An important recent shift in the homeless population is that more of the homeless are now
11. alcoholic
12. women with children *
13. single men
14. living in flophouses