Deck 7: War and Prosperity: 1940-1968

Question 1

The Older Americans Act of 1965 was responsible for

A) transferring funds and resources to nursing homes
B) mandating that Medicare be established for health care needs of seniors
C) increasing the mandatory retirement age to 67 years
D) establishing local agencies to provide social services to the elderly

Answer 1

establishing local agencies to provide social services to the elderly

Question 2

The McCarren-Walter Immigration Act of 1952 established a quota system that permitted

A) only displaced family members to migrate to the US to join their families
B) more people from Northern European nations than from Asia, Africa, Latin America
C) only women to migrate to the US in order to fill jobs vacated by soldiers
D) US Customs to imprison anyone they considered a major security threat

Answer 2

only displaced family members to migrate to the US to join their families

Question 3

The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is important in the development of social welfare because it established

A) health insurance for the medically indigent
B) principle of maximum feasible participation
C) low and moderate-income housing
D) community mental health centers

Answer 3

principle of maximum feasible participation

Question 4

The 1965 Immigration Act formalized new criteria for entry into the United States. These new criteria included priorities for

A) individuals fleeing from communism
B) ancestry quotas for Eastern Europeans
C) spouses and children of resident aliens
D) quotas for Africa and Latin America only

Question 5

In 1967, the Supreme Court decided in re: Gault that children in trouble with the law

A) had legal rights to counsel, confidentiality, and silence
B) should receive individualized treatment and rehabilitation
C) were to be immediately placed in juvenile detention centers
D) needed protection from the impersonal legal processes of adult courts

Question 6

During the 1950's and early 1960's, welfare reform focused on

A) requiring all recipients to reapply in order to weed out fraudulent cases
B) strict enforcement of state residency requirements to keep recipients from moving to higher paying states
C) drives by social workers to publicize new requirements to assist welfare applicants
D) centralizing authority on the federal government to assure state equity and compliance

Question 7

The War Brides Act of 1946 expedited the entry of Chinese wives and children of members of the armed forces signaling a shift to an emphasis on

A) racial and religious tolerance
B) family affiliation in immigration policies
C) the importance of the war in the Pacific
D) the need for more domestic labor

Question 8

The decline in the percentage of the black population residing in the South between 1940 and 1970 was primarily due to the

A) number of men who were fighting in wars
B) lack of adequate state welfare programs
C) search for factory employment in the North
D) covert and overt discrimination and segregation

Question 9

In the 1960's, "man in the house rules" specified that

A) welfare mothers had to have a husband in order to receive assistance
B) men had the final authority to make family decisions
C) women could only receive assistance if there was no man in the house
D) men were essential and important to provide family stability

Question 10

Which of the following statements is True?

A) The 1950's saw a tremendous surge in two-parent, two-wage earner households with children.
B) The baby boom of the 1950's was accompanied by an increase in the death rate for all groups.
C) Changes in life expectancy reflected access to better health care for minority children.
D) Because of WWII, Americans became intolerant to discriminatory policies.

Question 11

Which of the following statements is True?

A) After World War II, women who were widows as a result of the war were secure in their factory jobs.
B) Between 1940 and 1946, birth rates among single women increased.
C) The 1940's saw a tremendous increase in the number of blacks in the defense industries.
D) During and after World War II, migration from Latin America declined significantly.

Question 12

During President Kennedy's administration, a major change in the provision of social services designed to encourage states was

A) institutionalizing the relationship between public and private agencies
B) employing professional social workers in all public assistance programs
C) making states responsible for establishing eligibility criteria rather than the federal government
D) changing the federal funding to a 75% expenditure and states responsible for the match of 25%

Question 13

As a way to address labor shortages resulting from World War II, the United States established the

A) JOBS Program
B) Bracero Program
C) National Child Labor Program
D) Displaced Homemakers Program

Question 14

The medical insurance program designed to provide the elderly with medical care and help defray costs is

A) Medicaid
B) Medicare
C) Social Security
D) Supplemental Security Insurance

Question 15

The 1967 Amendments to AFDC set up

A) work requirements for unemployed fathers and mothers
B) work requirements for unemployed fathers only
C) mandates to establish paternity for delinquent fathers
D) birth control clinics for welfare mothers

Question 16

"Maximum feasible participation" refers to

A) providing free or low cost psychotropic drugs to everyone who is mentally ill
B) allowing every high school graduate to attend the college of their choice
C) providing at least one position on advisory/community boards to a consumer of services
D) allowing people of all races, creeds, and sexual orientation to participate fully in their community activities

Question 17

The Mental Health Act of 1946 is significant in the development of social welfare policy because it

A) recognized the use of psychotropic drugs as a major breakthrough in treating mental illness
B) established social work as a major provider of mental health services
C) instituted the use of the term "mental health" instead of "mental illness"
D) provided funding for community mental health services and for research and training programs

Question 18

The medical program for low-income individuals and families is

A) Medicaid
B) Medicare
C) WIC
D) SSI

Question 19

The core of the Economic Opportunity Act was

A) private for-profit agencies
B) community action programs
C) faith-based educational agencies
D) independent government programs

Question 20

The Work Incentive Program which was established in the Social Security Amendments of 1967 was designed to train welfare recipients for work and help them find employment, as well as

A) establish paternity
B) collect child support
C) provide family planning
D) expand childcare subsidies

Question 21

Introduced by LBJ, the first significant legislation that prohibited racial, sexual, and ethnic discrimination in employment was the

A) Equal Employment Opportunity Act
B) Civil Rights Act, 1964
C) Lanham Act
D) Manpower Development Act, 1962

Question 22

Comprised of social work professionals and clients, the pushed for welfare reform in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

A) National Association of Social Workers
B) Community Advocacy Coalition
C) National Welfare Rights Organization
D) Rank and File Movement

Question 23

The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 expanded funding for

A) low interest loans for farmers
B) gentrification efforts in northern cities
C) redevelopment zones in the South
D) low and moderate housing

Question 24

The Social Security Amendments of 1967 amended AFDC to address rising caseloads by

A) requiring all caseworkers to have a social work degree
B) targeting applications by children of divorce or desertion
C) capping cases related to the death of a parent
D) mandating that welfare mothers utilize birth control

Question 25

Which of the following programs was established in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964?

A) School Breakfast Program
B) Summer Food Program
C) Peace Corps
D) Work Study
Essay Questions

Question 26

Discuss why the Older Americans Act of 1965 helped to mobilize the elderly in becoming a major political force today.

Question 27

The postwar era included a public acceptance of the expansion of government activities into public life. Discuss how organized labor influenced this acceptance.

Question 28

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly referred to as the GI Bill, provided for a variety of programs to assist veterans to return to civilian life. How did this bill help to delay and ease entrance to the labor market after the war?

Question 29

In 1958, Kenneth Galbraith identified two types of poverty: insular and case. Define each of these terms and give an example of each.

Question 30

The Economic Opportunity Act and the War on Poverty made important contributions to the state of the poor. Discuss how these efforts also caused a shift in the profession of social work in its views of social welfare and the profession itself.