Deck 8: Conservative Resurgence and Social Change: 1968-1992

Question 1

The first piece of legislation which President Clinton signed which addressed the changing family was the

A) Income Redistribution Bill
B) Family Preservation Bill
C) Family and Medical Leave Act
D) Act to Improve Family Functioning

Answer 1

Family and Medical Leave Act

Question 2

As a result of the Family Support Act of 1988,

A) house searches were reinstated as a way of denying welfare payments to illegal immigrants
B) states could require participation in work, job training, or school for recipients with three year olds
C) welfare mothers who gave birth after qualifying for assistance could be imprisoned
D) substandard housing could be used as criteria for reducing welfare payments

Answer 2

states could require participation in work, job training, or school for recipients with three year olds

Question 3

In 1983, Congress in order to address this country's rising medical costs.

A) established Health Maintenance Organizations
B) required employers to utilize drug testing
C) implemented Diagnostic-Related groups billing
D) mandated second opinions for all procedures

Answer 3

implemented Diagnostic-Related groups billing

Question 4

The high cost of unemployment during the 70's and 80's led to a shift in public welfare programs to

A) a growth in the faith of collective action to address society's problems
B) an institutional approach and more generous programs
C) a return of the residual approach to the problems of the poor
D) a push to return to traditional families and a backlash on working mothers

Question 5

Which of the following statements is True?

A) Discretionary programs are required to provide services even when funds run out
B) Entitlement programs are those for which the government is committed to providing funding for all who are eligible.
C) Non-means-tested programs are only available to the poor who have no other means of support.
D) Means-tested programs include automatic cost-of-living increases to keep pace with inflation.

Question 6

Ronald Reagan's administration focused on "supply side" economics which

A) allowed for growth in the service sector and more employment opportunities for women and minorities
B) encouraged American companies to expand their international interests for cheaper labor
C) deregulated businesses and provided tax cuts as a means of stimulating the economy
D) called for a return to the government providing jobs to address the high unemployment rates

Question 7

During the 1970's, poverty appeared to be stable but in reality

A) poverty among two-parent families rose sharply
B) the biggest decline in poverty was among children
C) almost one-third of Native Americans lived in poverty
D) the poverty rate among the elderly continued to increase

Question 8

During the Reagan administration, part of his economic recovery plan to address high unemployment which was enacted by Congress

A) shifted power and responsibility from the states to the federal government
B) limited federal extensions on unemployment benefits to states experiencing high unemployment
C) raised interests rates as a means of slowing inflation and increasing personal savings
D) temporarily lowered the retirement age for benefits to encourage older workers to retire

Question 9

In 1974, the Supplemental Security Act was passed which created Supplemental Security Insurance federalizing

A) Old Age Insurance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Temporary and Permanently Disabled
B) all state programs designed to provide pensions to widows and mothers with children under the age of three
C) Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Workers Compensation
D) the collection of funds from states to offset the costs of providing federal programs

Question 10

Reagan's policies hit the Native Americans the hardest of all minority groups and unemployment on the reservations reached 80 percent. One reason for this group's plight was

A) an insistence by their elders to remain on the reservation
B) the leasing of tribal reservation to white business ventures
C) their inability to receive state social services or support
D) the militant actions taken by the American Indian Movement

Question 11

Under President Nixon, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) provided funding for jobs primarily aimed at

A) welfare mothers with school-aged children
B) displaced older men in rural communities
C) young urban minority persons
D) unemployed factory workers

Question 12

Retirement plans in which employers promise specific pensions for workers based on their years of service are known as

A) Social Security Old Age Assistance
B) Individual Retirement Accounts
C) Personal Savings Accounts
D) Defined Benefits Plans

Question 13

Welfare reform in the 1990's allowed for welfare mothers to

A) seek federally funded abortions
B) lose their benefits if they did not work
C) be sterilized if they had more children
D) lose their children if they could not find daycare

Question 14

The 1968 Medicare Catastrophic Health Care Act was repealed because

A) it was found to be unconstitutional
B) it did not cover long-term custodial care
C) the public felt that the government had no role in health care
D) Americans were more concerned with children's health care

Question 15

The person who coined the term battered child syndrome which led to passage of mandatory reporting legislation in all 50 states was

A) Mary Ellen
B) Jonas Salk
C) Henry Kemp
D) Albert Sabin

Question 16

The concept of a negative income tax (NIT) in which low income families would be guaranteed a minimum annual income failed because

A) conservatives were more interested in workfare for the poor
B) liberals wanted a the minimum income set at the average middle-class level
C) Congress felt that it would be grossly unfair to hardworking families
D) economists argued that it would lead to higher inflation

Question 17

President George H. W. Bush pushed a new type of civil rights legislation which prohibited discrimination against persons with physical or mental impairments. This name of this policy is

A) Vocational Rehabilitation Act
B) Architectural Barriers Act
C) No Child Left Behind Act
D) Americans with Disabilities Act

Question 18

The concern for children in the child welfare system led to the passage of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980. This policy focused on

A) providing family allowances for daycare costs of adopted children
B) college educational scholarships for foster and adopted children
C) counseling for new adoptive parents
D) efforts to avoid foster care drift

Question 19

In 1981, a bipartisan National Commission on Social Security Reform made several recommendations which would lead to long-term solvency of the social insurance system. Which of the following recommendations was eventually adopted?

A) requiring workers born after 1980 to participate in private pension plans instead of Social Security
B) removing workers who earned an annual income of over
$250,000 from receiving Social Security
C) gradually increasing the retirement age for full benefits to 67
D) changing Social Security to an optional, means-tested program

Question 20

Of all the social welfare programs whose funding was reduced in the 70's and 80's, the one program which survived cuts and opposition from state or local governments was

A) Medicare
B) Food Stamps
C) SSI
D) WIC

Question 21

Which of the following was the basis for social welfare development in the 1970's and 1980's?

A) a robust economy
B) a conservative ideology
C) a decrease of females in the labor force
D) a belief in entitlement programs

Question 22

Dependency ratios refers to the number of

A) children related to one father
B) aging parents depending on their children
C) beneficiaries to workers
D) single women to married women

Question 23

Which of the following factors increased the risk of poverty for children during the 90's?

A) fertility rates
B) language skills
C) life expectancy
D) globalization

Question 24

Immigration policies in the 70's and 80's were primarily based on

A) the need for cheap labor
B) a fear of their politics
C) economic concerns
D) religious differences

Question 25

Which of the following statements is true?

A) The Equal Rights Amendment was passed and ratified in 1975.
B) The Equal Rights Amendment led to combat duty for women in the military.
C) The Equal Rights Amendment protects women from employment discrimination.
D) The Equal Rights Amendment has never been ratified.
Essay Questions

Question 26

Beginning with the Nixon administration through the Bush administration, efforts to reduce funding for welfare programs were continuously proposed. Discuss why Food Stamps did not suffer from these efforts and in fact, received increased funding.

Question 27

Discuss how the move to block grant funding has affected our country's ability to provide adequate social welfare programs to meet the needs of children.

Question 28

President Reagan's administration is identified with "supply side economics" while President Bush's administration is identified with "a kinder and gentler nation" approach. What do these terms mean and how did they affect changes in social welfare?

Question 29

Refugees from Cuba and Haiti were not welcomed to this country in 1990's. What were the reasons to this resistance? What led to the eventual support to allow Cuban refugees to enter this country while Haitians continued to be refused admission?

Question 30

How did the passage of the Family Support Act of 1988 represent the sexual morality and work ethics of the Religious Right?