Deck 8: American Poverty: The Dream Turned Nightmare

Question 1

During the colonial era, poor children

A) lived in poor areas with no clean water or sewers
B) died due to poor hygiene
C) born to poor women were more likely to grew up motherless
D) lived in poorhouses
E) were likely to be burned or scalded than affluent children
F) all of the above

Answer 1

F

Question 2

The changing makeup of families on welfare rolls in the early 1950s-1960s was due to all but which of the following?

A) an increasing number of minorities having children
B) increasing numbers of minority families who encountered unemployment and persistent poverty
C) organizations and politicians supporting those groups who had previously been excluded from receiving aid
D) an increase in African American families moving from the South to the North

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The "underclass" is characterized by

A) high rates of high school completion
B) limited job skills
C) low rates of physical and/or mental disabilities
D) long work histories

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The informal job sector includes

A) unlicensed childcare
B) prostitution
C) illegal gambling
D) all of the above

Question 5

Low-income families facing the likelihood they will encounter difficulties due to deficient resources suffer from

A) structural vulnerability
B) foundational vulnerability
C) structural-functionalism
D) symbolism

Question 6

Poor single-parent families use this resource that social workers and the government fail to appreciate

A) day care centers
B) extended family network
C) pay day loans
D) LinkedIn

Question 7

Poor single-parent families use this resource that social workers and the government fail to appreciate

A) day care centers
B) extended family networks
C) payday loans
D) LinkedIn

Question 8

Vulnerabilities faced by poor families include

A) graduating from college
B) dual-parent headed households
C) high rates of paid child support
D) health related issues such as asthma, poor nutrition, and high-infant mortality
E) all of the above

Question 9

It is important for poor families to consider this in the search for quality childcare

A) the more expensive a day care center, the less the quality
B) the promotion of cognitive development are most effective in center-based day care
C) children in informal day care fare better than those in center-based day care
D) quality informal and formal day care options are equally available to poor families

Question 10

Which of the following is not a trait of poor schools?

A) funding discrepancies
B) class size
C) segregation
D) math teachers
E) all of the above

Question 11

Tracking has been shown to

A) place students in classes according to how they may do in the future
B) positively impact the weakest students by placing them with the most experienced teachers
C) prevent social reproduction based on race and social class
D) reinforce social reproduction
E) all of the above

Question 12

Factors impacting low-income students' parental involvement include

A) parents who do not often have the flexible schedules or paid leave of their middle-class or upper-class counterparts
B) teachers who do not contact parents of children having problems because they assume they are uninvolved or uninterested in their children's education
C) parents who are unable to initiate assistance with teachers on behalf of their child
D) parents feel isolated from their child's school and teachers
E) all of the above

Question 13

A measure that would improve poor children's educational experiences

A) good teaching
B) a low teacher-pupil ratio
C) instructors who are parents
D) little or no cost to families

Question 14

Social capital in poor communities consists of these two types

A) federal aid; social security
B) job training programs; TANF
C) local organizations; family and neighborhood networks
D) local organizations; TANF

Question 15

Compared to the overall population, those without health insurance

A) are twice as likely to have completed high school
B) tend to be less educated
C) use private doctors to receive care
D) more likely to have employer-sponsored health insurance

Question 16

All but which of the following are major traits of the working poor?

A) those without a high school diploma
B) part-time workers
C) service workers
D) Asians
E) women

Question 17

A household in which it appears the breadwinner lacks the ability to establish financial independence is called

A) family in a funk
B) a welfare queen's family
C) poor worker's bad luck
D) floundering family

Question 18

Blaming the victim involves stereotyping certain people and ignoring structural influences.

Question 19

In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan coined the term "welfare women" to refer to African American women who had children in order to obtain and remain on welfare.

Question 20

The official U.S. measure of poverty takes into consideration transportation and health care costs.

Question 21

The U.S. is among the top 10 of wealthy countries with high rates of child poverty.

Question 22

Extended families are rarely of assistance to poor families.

Question 23

Poor families have been shown to effectively adjust to adversity, exhibiting resiliency.

Question 24

Poor schools have smaller class sizes due to the high number of students who drop out of school.

Question 25

Tracking is used to challenge social reproduction.

Question 26

Teachers have expressed ambivalence about high-stakes testing because it may result in school closures.

Question 27

Health insurance is available to all workers for free in the U.S.

Question 28

Work opportunities for low-income workers has meant more part-time work with benefits.

Question 29

Some TANF recipients have found it they are in a worse condition working than receiving government benefits.

Question 30

Explain how poverty is measured and how the poverty level is determined.

Question 31

What are the work conditions for the poor?

Question 32

How are childcare and effective schooling linked to family finances?

Question 33

Explain the development of welfare programs by describing who their beneficiaries were and how the perception of the beneficiaries impacted public and government support for these programs.

Question 34

How are poor students disadvantaged by their poverty when it comes to building social capital? How does tracking increase the possibility of poor children becoming victims of social reproduction?

Question 35

Poor people's employment has been impacted in several ways. Explain three of these and explain how these impact their future employment opportunities.