Hurlbert Chapter 11

Front 1

Poor people are less or more likely to work?

Back 1

more likely to work, but were in low wage job with little benefits, that kept them below the poverty line.

Front 2

What was the prevailing idea in britain about poor people in the 19th century?

Back 2

the prevailing idea in Britain was that poor people had something wrong with them (lazy, drunk, etc.)

Front 3

True/False
In 19th cent. U.S. there were no nation wide government programs to combat poor

Back 3

True

Front 4

When did FDR come up with the New Deal

Back 4

1930

Front 5

What were the 3 goals of the new deal?

Back 5

1. Give relief to the hungry, homeless, and unemployed.
2. Lead the country toward recovery
3. Prevent recurrance of economic depression

Front 6

How did FDR provide relief through the new deal?

Back 6

b. Roosevelt did this by instituting a series of public work programs

Front 7

When was social security implemented?

Back 7

1935, not regarded as a transfer payment

Front 8

Provided income to disabled workers and their families, as well as to others who were not readily employable

Back 8

SSI (suplemental security income)

Front 9

What created SSI?

Back 9

Social Security Act of 1935

Front 10

True/False
The depression did not improve greatly till WWII

Back 10

True

Front 11

Wrote a book warning about a consumer driven economy, and advised kennedy

Back 11

John Kenneth Galbreath

Front 12

How is the poverty line set?

Back 12

By calculating the cost of feeding a family so that the income level needed varies by family size and multiplying that by three. (set by kennedy administration and still used today)

Front 13

What was the Goal of the Great Society Campaign and who created it?

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The goal was to become a great society which was free from poverty and deprivation. LBJ

Front 14

What were some of the programs created by the Great Society Campaign?

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1. Food stamp program
2. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). WHich targeted those most at risk for poor nutrition.
3. Medicare (ensure health care for the elderly)
4. Medicaid (extended coverage to the poor on AFDC)
5. Programs to create schools, jobs, and train for jobs.

Front 15

Why didn't LBJ run for re-election

Back 15

Anti-war sentiment

Front 16

Did poverty drop in the 60's under LBJ

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Yes

Front 17

True/False
Nixon did alot to fight poverty.

Back 17

False

Front 18

What were the results of the SIME and DIME experiments under Nixon?

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1. People who participated showed no less interest in leaving the program for work than did those receiving other forms of aid, despite the program's more generous nature.
2. Divorce and marital separation increased among those in the income maintenance group. Poor women who were gauranteed money were more likely to leave troubled marriages.

Front 19

What happened to poverty and unemployment in the first 2 years of the Reagan administration?

Back 19

both went up. Economic growth went up after the first 2 years.

Front 20

What did reagan say was the best way to facillitate economic growth?

Back 20

Minimize government interference in the economy

Front 21

Most of the tax breaks in the 80's were given to?

Back 21

the upper class

Front 22

Poverty went up/Down in the 80's?

Back 22

Up

Front 23

True/False
Proportions of extreme 80's poverty in the U.S. reached levels that had not been seen since the 60's

Back 23

True

Front 24

limited the receipt of welfare benefits to only 2 years consecutively, and you could not have welfare for more than 5 years total.

Back 24

Welfare reform act passed in 1996 (clinton)

Front 25

_______ children have greater chance of infant mortality

Back 25

black

Front 26

The majority of poor people in the U.S. are _________, but _________ people are more likely than __________ people to be poor.

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white, black, white

Front 27

Who is at greatest risk for poverty?

Back 27

single mothers

Front 28

What percent of the U.S. population is poor?

Back 28

12%

Front 29

True/False
We have one of the highest standards of living and some of the highest poverty

Back 29

True

Front 30

Where does Louisiana rank against the rest of the U.S. as a whole in terms of low birth weight babies and infant mortality

Back 30

10.7% higher low birth weight

9.3% higher in infant mort.

Front 31

T/F
Louisiana ranks higher than rest of U.S. as a whole in teen preg?

Back 31

true

Front 32

What percent of kids in LA live in single parent families and families that do not have year-round employment?

Back 32

42%

Front 33

How many Americans don't have health insurance?

Back 33

45 million