Module 14 Quiz

A  the cancellation of an entitlement program

B  the overall amount owed by government for past borrowing

C  the annual budget shortfall between revenues and expenditures

D  all these

A  concentrated on education

B  a program of contracts to aerospace companies

C  focused on children

D  formula-based spending that goes to individual citizens

A  agenda setting

B  evaluation

C  implementation

D  enactment

A  those in urban areas

B  the elderly

C  young families starting out

D  the poor

A  focuses on only a few special individuals

B  is more of a theory than a reality

C  requires multiple actors and branches to carry out

D  is typically made by one branch of government acting alone

A  benefits did not increase with family size.

B  the aid to most families was not sufficient to meet basic needs.

C  too many poor people received no aid.

D  it had no work provision.

E  families were able to receive aid only for a short period of time.

A  the federal government passed a universal health care plan.

B  the government put more pressure on churches and businesses to help eradicate poverty.

C  for the first time people began to view poverty as a problem requiring government action.

D  the government realized that it had to eliminate environmental restrictions on businesses to help them prosper, which set back efforts to pass stronger environmental policies.

E  it was the first time that education subsidies were provided to the middle class.

A  welfare

B  entitlement

C  mandated

D  means-tested

E  distributive

A  private policies.

B  distributive policies.

C  redistributive policies.

D  entitlement programs.

E  regulatory policies.

A  civil rights

B  fiscal

C  regulatory

D  social welfare

E  distributive