EXAM 1

Question 1

Progressive Era

[year and president]

Answer 1

1890-1930

Teddy Roosevelt

Question 2

Progressive Era

[theme]

Answer 2

Poverty as environmental

Question 3

Progressive Era

[policies]

Answer 3

• Workers Comp
• Employer Liability
• Pensions for widows

Question 4

The New Deal

[year and president]

Answer 4

1930-1960

Franklin Roosevelt

*Great Depression

Question 5

The New Deal

[theme]

Answer 5

Government assistance required

Question 6

The New Deal

[policies]

Answer 6

• Social Security
• Works Progress Admin. (construction jobs)
• Civilian Concervation Corps (conservation jobs)
• Bank reform

Question 7

The War on Poverty

[year and president]

Answer 7

1960-1980

Lyndon B Johnson

* Civil rights movement, women’s right movement

Question 8

The War on Poverty

[theme]

Answer 8

Need to intervene in “The Other America”

Question 9

The War on Poverty

[policies]

Answer 9

• Economic opportunity act
• head start
• job corps
• food stamps

Question 10

The Ownership Society

[years and presidentS]

Answer 10

1980-2008

Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, G.W. Bush

* Cultural theory of poverty begins here

Question 11

The Ownership Society

[theme]

Answer 11

expand personal responsibility, shrink federal programs

Question 12

The Ownership Society

[policies]

Answer 12

• Reagan Cuts (80s) - cut funding to govt programs and change economic policies. hurt poor men
• Welfare reform (90s) - reduce number of people dependent on govt. assistance. hurt poor women
• homeland security - gained additional funding from budget cuts of govt programs

Question 13

The Next New Deal

[year and president]

Answer 13

2009-2016

Barack Obama

Question 14

The Next New Deal

[theme]

Answer 14

Government assistance required, increase support for families and communities

Question 15

The Next New Deal

[policies]

Answer 15

• Healthcare and education
• infrastructure and job creation
  
  • Wall Street Bailout - added regulations but no criminal convictions

Question 16

MAGA

[year and president]

Answer 16

2017 - present

Donald Trump

Question 17

MAGA

[theme]

Answer 17

let capitalizm work for the American people, Law and Order

Question 18

MAGA

[policies]

Answer 18

• Repeal ACA (didn’ repeal but greatly reduced effectiveness)
• Wall Street consistency - reduce regulations
• Travel Ban + Immigration reform
• Race relations

Question 19

Residual Approach to Social Welfare

(define)

Answer 19

• temporary, stigmatized safety net
• targeted (not everyone qualifies)

Question 20

Residual Approach to Social Welfare

(examples)

Answer 20

• Food stamps
• earned income tax credit
• child support enforcement
• unemployment insurance

Question 21

Institutional Approach to Social Welfare

(define)

Answer 21

• Social welfare as a right of citizenship
• universal services

Question 22

Institutional Approach to Social Welfare

(examples)

Answer 22

• public education
• family medical leave act
• affordable care act
• social security

Question 23

What percentage of individuals in the US lived below the poverty threshold in 2012?

Answer 23

15%

Question 24

poverty rate by age

Answer 24

<6 yo = 24.8%

<18 yo = 19.9%

18-64 yo = 13.6%

65+ = 9.5%

younger people are more likely to experience poverty

Question 25

poverty rate by gender

Answer 25

women are twice as likely to experience poverty

Question 26

poverty rate by education

Answer 26

* people with **some college credit** have **twice the rate** of poverty as those who have graduated college * people who **did not graduate high school** have **twice the rate** of poverty as those who did graduate * 1/3 of people who **did not graduate high school** live in poverty

Question 27

poverty rate by region

Answer 27

poverty is concentrated in the **south, southwest, and appalachia**

Question 28

rates of poverty by race

Answer 28

blacks and latinos have twice the rate of poverty as whites white = 10.2% black = 24.7% latino = 20.7%

Question 29

poverty line for family of four in 2019

Answer 29

$25,750

Question 30

when did the inequality gap begin to grow

Answer 30

1979 - under Reagan admin.

Question 31

what percentage of poor families have at least one member who is employed?

Answer 31

68% or more

Question 32

name the different "economic boats" (types of jobs) according to Robert Reich

Answer 32

1. **Routine producers:** hard labor jobs (sinking rapidly) 2. **In person servers**: cashiers, customer service (sinking slowly) 3. **Symbolic analysts**: highly skilled jobs (rising steadily)

Question 33

what is the immigrant paradox?

Answer 33

health of immigrants and their children dereases over generations