Deck 12: Children

Question 1

African American children are overrepresented in the public child welfare system because they are

A)more likely to be reported and investigated for child abuse and neglect.
B)more likely to have their investigations be substantiated and be removed fromtheir homes.
C)less likely to be reunified.
D)all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In 1875, the case of "Mary Ellen" brought child abuse to public attention and led to the creation of the

A)Child Abuse Association.
B)New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC).
C)United States Child Abuse Act.
D)Department of Charities.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Title I, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides funding for which of the following:

A)School vouchers
B)Desegregation efforts
C)School lunches
D)Additional instruction

Question 5

Aries argued that in the 17th 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.

Question 6

_____________ 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

Question 7

The 1980 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act established procedures and timelines for

A)testing out adoptive placements.
B)giving adoptive parents financial support.
C)permanency planning.
D)emancipating 18 year olds.

Question 8

Intellectuals in revolutionary America (Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, Samuel Knox, and Noah Webster) saw education as

A)a fundamentally political endeavor.
B)a method by which the states would be unified.
C)a program best left to states, not the federal government.
D)all of these.

Question 9

The Children's Aid Society engaged in what controversial practice?

A)Removing urban children from their homes and placing them in the Society'sorphanage
B)Removing urban children from the home of parents committed to asylums
C)Removing urban children from their homes and sending them to live on farms
D)Removing urban children from their homes while their parents were made to workoff debts

Question 10

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 established mandatory

A)reporting procedures.
B)confidentiality.
C)state authority notification.
D)all of these.

Question 11

Which social work pioneer focused on child welfare issues?

A)Julia Lathrop
B)Jane Morganstein
C)Olivia Adams
D)Bertha Reymond

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) was changed to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in 1962. In 1996, the name was changed to

A)SSI.
B)TANF.
C)CCW.
D)none of these.

Question 14

Massachusetts passed the first compulsory attendance law, requiring that children between the ages of 8 and 14 attend school for _______ each year.

A)24 weeks
B)12 weeks
C)15 weeks
D)36 weeks

Question 15

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)an establishment of monopoly for small-town apprenticeships.

Question 16

As early as the_______century, there were laws protecting children against violence.

A)16th
B)17th
C)18th
D)19th

Question 17

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 these

Question 18

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.

Question 19

In 1994, President Clinton signed _________________ to prevent discrimination in the placement of children in foster care and adoption.

A)the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act
B)the Parental Rights Act
C)the Parental Rights Act
D)none of these

Question 20

In 1918, based on research by the Children's Bureau, Jeanette Rankin introduced the Sheppard-Towner Bill. The bill called for the federal government to:

A)offer grants-in-aid to states.
B)provide subsidized child care.
C)establish education funds.
D)do none of these.

Question 21

There are few restrictions on international adoption.

Question 22

Desegregation of U.S. schools has been accomplished since the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Question 23

The increased incidence of youth suicide has been attributed either to individual problems or to environmental problems. What individual problems and what environmental problems have been linked to youth suicide?

Question 24

During the 19th century, there were no laws in the U.S. to protect children from physical abuse.

Question 25

Bullying of children who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered is a violation of U.S. civil rights law.

Question 26

The No Child Left Behind Act mandates passing children to the next grade and eliminated the practice of "holding back" or "repeating."

Question 27

Present one argument in favor and one against the use of school vouchers.

Question 28

Discuss some of the opposition of the NABSW (National Association of Black Social Workers) on adoption of African American children by white parents.

Question 29

Perpetrators of child sexual abuse are predominantly heterosexual.

Question 30

Adoption of African American children by white parents was rare prior to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Question 31

Federal funds provide most of the financing for public elementary and secondary schools

Question 32

American colonists brought the idea of free and universal education with them from England.

Question 33

Discuss child welfare, including abuse and neglect, from a historical point of view tracing significant and major developments, policies, and legislature.

Question 34

Rates of teenage pregnancy have been declining in the U.S. since 1991.