1960's
Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses in the segregated south in the 1960's
Who are "freedom riders?"
The Great Depression of the 30's was not fully resolved until the 1960's. True or False
What is False.
A period of history when homosexuals who worked in the civil service (for government) were fired in great numbers due to the fear that they would be blackmailed into spies by the Soviet Union.
What is the lavender scare?
This President supported significant legislation to address environmental concerns and could be called a "Green President".
Who is Richard Nixon?
Housing loans
business loans
52/20 club
What are provisions of the GI Bill?
A policy provision of Johnson's anti poverty program that demanded the participation of those for whom the program was to benefit
What is "Maximum feasible participation"?
Economy food budget X 3=
What is the federal poverty line?
President Dwight Eisenhower warned the American people about this economic phenomena during his last address to the people before leaving office
What is the "military industrial complex"?
One provision of the Family Assistance Plan (FAP) proposed under the Nixon administration that was passed and which created an income benefit for people with disabilities without a work history.
What is SSI? Extra 50 points, for the full name!
Mortgage lending practices that restrict lending to minorities to only certain neighborhoods regardless of their ability to pay
What is Redlining?
Poverty rate cut in half
Career ladders for talented minorities
demonstrated enduring legacy of several key poverty programs such as Head Start, WIC and Legal Aid
What are outcomes of the "war on poverty"?
This farmworker rights activist was a key organizer of the famous Delano Grape Strike which led to the first farmworker union contract.
Who is Delores Huerta?
Senator Joseph McCarthy is attributed to this movement where many suspected communists were 'blacklisted' from work
What is the Red Scare?
Economic condition where high unemployment and high inflation occur at the same time
What is stagflation?
Supply Side economics was the driving economic theory for this Presidential administration.
Who was the Reagan presidency?
This theory created the theoretical foundation for Economic Opportunity Act 1964. It espoused the belief that "delinquents" shared the same desires as everyone else, but it was the GAP between those aspirations and the opportunities available to meet those aspirations that produced poverty.
Opportunity Theory
Extra 50 points if you can name the theorist
When poverty is defined by a definite numerical figure -
What is absolute poverty?
Executive order that established that law enforcement could "restrain" anyone they saw as a security risk
What is EO 9066?
Author of "The Silent Spring" that sparked the environmental movement
Who is Rachel Carson?
True or False: When President Reagan left office in 1988, the federal budget was operating at a surplus.
What is false? For an extra 50 points, what Presidential administration did leave office with a budget surplus?
Poor administration
Cost
Vietnam
Politics - power issues at the local level
What are reasons for the dismantlement of the War on Poverty
When poverty is defined by a fixed share of a moving average, such as 50% of median income.
What is relative poverty?
Most New Deal legislation, including social security excluded these categories of workers.
Who are farmworkers and domestic laborers?
This was the name of Johnson's domestic legislative agenda
What is the "Great Society"?
An income maintenance program (cash benefits) that does not use the Federal Poverty line to determine eligibility
What is TANF? for an extra 50 points, what does TANF mean?