What were the key provisions of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act? Why did President Clinton sign it?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Answer:
1. Explain that the law ended guarantees of federal aid to poor children.
2. Note that it denied welfare benefits to legal immigrants, reduced food stamp appropriations, and limited families to five years of benefits.
3. Note as well that the law required most adult welfare recipients to find employment within two years.
4. Conclude that President Clinton signed the law because it was consistent with his centrist approach to politics and because it protected him from Republican political attacks.
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A. It was on the front line of the Cold War. B. It was in shambles. C. It was divided into four states. D. It was a country that was hated.
Which of the following is true about the use of medical remedies by doctors aboard slave ships?
A) Many collected African herbs and foods along the Guinea Coast to help treat illnesses at sea. B) Since slavers wanted to keep as many slaves alive as possible, ships' doctors had an unusually sophisticated knowledge of medicine at the time. C) Doctors lacked any medicine to keep slaves alive on the voyage. D) Doctors relied upon Russian cures to keep slaves alive.
Samuel M. "Golden Rule" Jones, Tom L. Johnson, and Seth Low were all
A) progressive mayors. B) machine politicians. C) progressive governors. D) Greenwich Village intellectuals.
How have Muslim intellectuals responded to the charge that Islam and democracy are incompatible? To what degree is Western imperialism and subjugation of Middle Eastern Arab countries responsible for these nations' political, economic, and social problems in the postwar period? Please use specific examples in your answer.
What will be an ideal response?