A) eligibility is restricted to individuals who paid special payroll taxes during their working years.
B) it is administered jointly by the national government and the states.
C) it is targeted at those who are most in need of welfare assistance.
D) it is administered through private insurance companies.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) B) and E)
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A) was championed primarily by president Bill Clinton.
B) offers,but does not require,the chance for schools to receive additional funding if they submit to nationally standardized testing in reading,math,and science.
C) ties federal funding to national test results in reading,math,and science.
D) offers increased federal funding to schools that show poor testing performance after three years.
E) cuts school funding for those schools that show no improvement in test scores after one year.
G) None of the above
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A) run jointly by federal and state governments.
B) funded by payroll taxes collected by the states.
C) funded by payroll taxes paid by employees and employers,a condition set uniformly across states.
D) managed entirely by the federal government.
E) managed by local governments and private charities.
G) A) and B)
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A) The Food Stamps program
B) Social security
C) Unemployment insurance
D) Supplemental Security Income
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) C) and D)
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A) Americans prefer money as the primary form of welfare assistance.
B) most Americans believe that welfare recipients could get along without assistance if they tried.
C) Americans prefer government jobs through government programs as the primary form of welfare assistance.
D) the vast majority of Americans believe there should be absolutely no government services for the poor of any kind.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) C) and E)
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A) began as part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program in the 1960s.
B) has helped disadvantaged children develop their learning skills.
C) has been weakened by children's unsupportive environments at home.
D) is fully funded at the present time.
E) is designed to assist preschool children.
G) B) and C)
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A) Media coverage often focuses on the plight of the poor in America.
B) In polls each year,Americans place the problem of poverty as the nation's top problem.
C) Poverty is less visible in the suburbs than in inner cities or rural areas.
D) Poverty has been virtually eliminated in the United States.
E) Poverty is most apparent in the case of elderly Americans.
G) A) and C)
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A) a public assistance program.
B) funded totally by the states.
C) funded by payroll taxes.
D) very popular with the general public.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) D) and E)
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A) Franklin Roosevelt
B) John Kennedy
C) Dwight Eisenhower
D) Richard Nixon
E) Lyndon Johnson
G) D) and E)
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A) salary levels of the teachers.
B) population density of the community.
C) level of local school board control over policy.
D) community's wealth.
E) percentage of private to public schools in the community.
G) B) and D)
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A) that provides indirect payments to individuals,such as funding for public schools.
B) benefiting individuals,designed specifically to alleviate the hardships of old age.
C) that requires the payment of benefits to any individual who meets the eligibility criteria.
D) of social welfare for which citizenship is the only criterion of eligibility.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) A) and B)
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