Since the implementation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), welfare funding going directly to cash assistance has
A) ?declined sharply.
B) ?declined slightly.
C) ?remained steady.
D) ?increased slightly.
E) ?increased sharply.
A
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Ballots that indicate no choice for an office because the voter abstained or because the voter's intention could not be determined are called
A) invalid ballot. D) crossing over. B) inequivelent ballot. E) overvotes. C) undervotes.
What is the CIA's most important function?
a. recruiting spies who can engage in espionage against other countries b. the gathering of political, economic, and military information about other nations c. spying on American citizens who may be terrorists or subversives d. paramilitary maneuvers e. providing military advice to the Congress
When anti-discrimination legislation failed to provide the necessary and desired results, civil rights leaders often turned to the courts for relief and support. Litigation efforts culminated in the 1954 landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education. What did this ruling require?
a. freedom for all slaves in the southern states b. reparations for descendants of former slaves c. free college tuition at all state universities d. desegregation of all public schools e. creation of affirmative action programs for all employers and college admission offices
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In the social democratic welfare state, one of the main goals is to achieve greater social equality. 2. When markets do not perform their expected functions it is called market failure. 3. Liberal welfare states are more concerned with individual autonomy than with reducing poverty and inequality. 4. Social insurance provides benefits to categories of people who have contributed to a public insurance fund.