Question 1

According to the text, the Social Security Act reinforced many conservative ideas about poverty. Summarize the arguments the authors make to illustrate this claim. Do you agree or disagree? Please explain your answer.

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Question 2

What considerations lead the text to say, "Mothers' pensions are an example of how . . . roles based on gender and race . . . can be inscribed by social policy"?

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Question 3

According to the text, the U.S. welfare state is conservative because

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The text states that the U.S. welfare state is conservative because it stabilizes the corporate capitalist system. It provides a safety net for the working class and poor while also ensuring that the capitalist system remains intact.

Question 4

Summarize the main characteristics of the social programs that were instituted during the New Deal.

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Question 5

In what ways was the situation facing blacks who "entered the modern industrial economy" in the decades after World War II different from the situation facing Europeans, who in earlier decades immigrated to the United States also seeking jobs in the modern industrial economy?

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Question 6

In the section on "The New Poverty," the authors claim that the 1960s witnessed a "changing color of poverty." Summarize the authors' claims about the changing demographic of poverty in the United States from the New Deal to the Great Society.

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Question 7

What arguments does the text present in response to claims that poverty programs increased welfare dependency, illegitimate babies, and family breakups?

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Question 8

In what ways does the U.S. welfare state differ from that of most European countries?

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Question 9

Summarize the difference between social insurance programs and public assistance programs. Give two examples of each.

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Question 10

The text approvingly quotes a business magazine's assertion that the New Deal "had the preservation of capitalism at all times in view." Summarize the evidence for this assertion.

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Question 11

Summarize the consequences of race on welfare state policies in the 1930s and 1940s. How did racism impact the development of the welfare state during the New and Fair Deals?

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Question 12

What considerations lead the text to say that the Social Security Act "reinforced gender inequalities" and, together with other key policies of the 1930s and 1940s, "had a profound racial content"?

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Question 13

What were the main social policy initiatives of the Great Society? What factors and events stalled the Great Society and eventually brought it to an end?

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Question 14

What is the hidden or private welfare state? Explain why the text says, "The private welfare state is not really so private."

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Question 15

In discussing the effects of the United States's many welfare programs on class, regional, generational, and racial inequalities, the text says that taken together

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While some welfare programs may serve to ease class, regional, generational, and racial inequalities, others may exacerbate them. The effects of these programs can vary based on individual circumstances, the specific program being accessed, and the policies and practices surrounding its implementation. Therefore, it is impossible to make a blanket statement about the impact of these programs on inequalities, and it is best to consider each program on a case-by-case basis.

Question 16

Summarize the key events in the history of the U.S. welfare state.

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Question 17

According to the text

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The text states that both the public and private welfare states are under pressure. The article mentions the financial strains on public safety nets like Social Security and Medicaid, as well as the challenges facing private safety nets provided by employers. Therefore, choice C is the best answer.

Question 18

What evidence leads the text to say that the War on Poverty succeeded in reducing poverty?

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Question 19

What are the differences between the "deserving" and the "undeserving" poor? Summarize the distinctions between programs serving the "deserving" and the "undeserving" poor. Do you think these designations among welfare recipients are valid?

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Question 20

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, approximately ______________ percent of people in the United States were living in poverty at some point.

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During the first decade of the twenty-first century, approximately 40 percent of people in the United States experienced poverty at some point, reflecting the challenges and economic fluctuations of the period.

Quiz 10: Social Policy