Module 14 Quiz

A  the overall amount owed by government for past borrowing

B  all these

C  the annual budget shortfall between revenues and expenditures

D  the cancellation of an entitlement program

A  a program of contracts to aerospace companies

B  formula-based spending that goes to individual citizens

C  concentrated on education

D  focused on children

A  enactment

B  agenda setting

C  implementation

D  evaluation

A  the poor

B  young families starting out

C  the elderly

D  those in urban areas

A  focuses on only a few special individuals

B  is typically made by one branch of government acting alone

C  requires multiple actors and branches to carry out

D  is more of a theory than a reality

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

B  benefits did not increase with family size.

C  too many poor people received no aid.

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

E  it had no work provision.

A  the federal government passed a universal health care plan.

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

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

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

E  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.

A  entitlement

B  mandated

C  distributive

D  means-tested

E  welfare

A  entitlement programs.

B  private policies.

C  distributive policies.

D  regulatory policies.

E  redistributive policies.

A  distributive

B  civil rights

C  social welfare

D  fiscal

E  regulatory