Pt 3: Chapter 16 Notes

Question 1

Annual cost of a thrifty food budget for an urban family of four, multiplied by three

Answer 1

The poverty line

Question 2

What was the poverty line in 2014?

Answer 2

$24,000

Question 3

Who generally fall beneath the poverty line?

Answer 3

• children ; single parent homes headed by women
• minority-group members
• rural and inner-city dwellers

Question 4

How many people in the US live in poverty?

Answer 4

1 in 7

Question 5

What country has the highest poverty rate and what is it?

Answer 5

United States; 23%

Question 6

Many Americans believe poverty is what?

Answer 6

a choice

Question 7

Most poor are in poverty as a result of what?

Answer 7

Circumstance

Question 8

These are widely supported by the public, heavily funded, and seen as an earned entitlement

Answer 8

Social insurance programs

Question 9

What are these examples of?

• social security
• unemployment insurance
• medicare

Answer 9

social insurance programs

Question 10

These have less public support, receive less funding, and are seen as a hand-out

Answer 10

Public assistance programs

Question 11

What are these examples of?

• Supplemental security income SSI
• TANF
• Head Start
• Earned income tax credit EITC

Answer 11

Public assistance programs

Question 12

When did public assistance programs see a big expansion?

Answer 12

LBJ’s term

Question 13

Social insurance vs. public assistance, which one does society support?

Answer 13

Social insurance

Question 14

What are food stamps and housing vouchers?

Answer 14

public assistance programs

Question 15

What is Medicaid and SCHIP?

Answer 15

Public assistance programs

Question 16

What is the 2010 Health Care Reform Act?

Answer 16

Public assistance program

Question 17

How is the US’s welfare system compared to the rest of the western world?

Answer 17

US has the most inefficient welfare system in the Western world

Question 18

Where is inequity found in social security and medicare?

Answer 18

Many high-income earners receive benefits

Question 19

What is the process to get into the welfare system? 
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4.

Answer 19

1. Potential recipient goes to welfare office and fills out application form
2. welfare agency employees check form and interview applicant
3. applicant’s eligibility for benefits is investigated and certified by agency employees
4. Applicants receive benefits

Question 20

America has a heavy investment in public education for what goal?

Answer 20

Equality of opportunity

Question 21

The cornerstone of the federal government’s public-school efforts in federal grants-in-aid

Answer 21

1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Question 22

This act of 1965 included pell grants and federal loans

Answer 22

1965 Higher Education Act

Question 23

Although America spends very highly on education, how do we perform?

Answer 23

America’s students not high performers relative to other advanced countries

Question 24

Inequality of wealth in communities leads to

Answer 24

Better school outcomes in wealthy communties

Question 25

Best predictor about how well you are going to do academically?

Answer 25

factors outside school system you are attending in. More about parents willingness to pursue opportunities for kids.

Question 26

Within public education, which schools perform the best?

Answer 26

Wealthy communities

Question 27

What country has the highest test scores?

Answer 27

Japan

Question 28

Mandatory high-stakes testing came about with what?

Answer 28

No Child Left Behind

Question 29

Race to the top is competition that rewards what?

Answer 29

Performance and innovation

Question 30

The highest 20% income group has how much of all US income?

Answer 30

50%