Exam 2

Question 1

Strengths Perspective

Answer 1

is a philosophical approach to social work positing
that the goals, strengths, and resources of people and their environment, rather
than their problems and pathologies should be the central focus of the helping
process

Question 2

English Poor Law 1601

Answer 2

Worthy vs Unworthy Poor

outdoor relief.

local responsibility, each locality was responsible for helping only its own residents.

almshouses were supported by private funds, and they were reserved for the “worthy poor,”

Question 3

Indoor Relief

Answer 3

Aid provided in institutional settings such as work houses.

Question 4

Outdoor Relief

Answer 4

outdoor relief-aid provided to them in

their homes or other non-institutional settings.

Question 5

Child saving

Answer 5

The child-saving movement developed in response to the growing numbers of children who were overcrowding institutions and living on the streets of the cities.

worthy poor

orphan trains, and growth of orphanages

Question 6

Jane Adams

Answer 6

Founded Hull House in 1889

focus on environment

NAACP

policy work / macro wok

Question 7

Dorothea Dix

Answer 7

a leader in the mental health reform movement

19th century

Wanted the federal government to provide institutions for the mentally ill.

Question 8

Mary Richmond

Answer 8

In 1917, Mary Richmond published Social Diagnosis

focus on the individual

professionalization

Question 9

Settlement Houses

Answer 9

Hull House 1886

Houses places in poorer neighborhoods where reformers wanted to implement change

residence based aid

provided poor with social capital

Question 10

Charity Organization Societies

Answer 10

Grounded in “Social Darwinism” believed that the poor caused their own poverty (bad genetics, bad morals)

“scientific charity,” which involved the use of systematic procedures to assess who was in need

“friendly visitors”

Question 11

SS Act of 1935

Answer 11

entitlement vs assistance

funded through FICA

original act made provisions for old-age benefits; financial assistance to elderly,the blind,and dependent children

OASDI social insurance program for the “worthy” who paid in

Question 12

Works Progress Administration

Answer 12

Roosevelt Administration “New Deal”

employed millions of people in such diverse activities as building roads,bridges, and other public works; planting trees and preserving forests; performing plays, and painting murals

replaced the principle that social welfare was largely a local and state responsibility

Question 13

Civilian Conservation Corps

Answer 13

Employed people to plant trees and build trails.

money went home to families

rural locations

part of the “New Deal”

Question 14

Women and war

Answer 14

women entered the work force and often moved into non-traditional areas, such as manufacturing jobs in
shipyards and aircraft factories.

when the war ended jobs and benefits like work time daycare ended and the idea of gender roles continued to be enforced

Question 15

School Segregation

Answer 15

1954 supreme court ruled separate but equal was unconstitutional in Brown vs Board of Education

Question 16

Medicare

Answer 16

part of “The Great Society”

established in 1965

Medicare is a national health insurance program for people age 65 and older who are eligible for Social Security and for certain categories of younger people with disabilities.

Question 17

Medicaid

Answer 17

Medicaid provides health care for certain categories of people with very low incomes as part of public assistance.

It is a means-tested program that is
financed jointly by federal and state dollars.

Question 18

Block Grants

Answer 18

allow the state more discretion over how federal
monies will be spent. However, block grants typically are capped, so that if the need for services increases, the federal government will not automatically provide additional funding.

Question 19

Affirmation Action

Answer 19

a general term that refers to policies and programs designed to compensate for discrimination against
marginalized groups such as women and people of color

Question 20

The New Deal

Answer 20

Roosevelt Administration

influenced by Keynesian economics

federal government had a responsibility to care for people who were in need by no fault of their own. Replaced the idea that social welfare belonged to local and state.

Question 21

Social Darwinism

Answer 21

a social philosophy that applies Darwin’s theory of evolution based on natural selection to human societies

The poor were poor because they were biologically inferior

Question 22

Worthy/ Unworthy Poor

Answer 22

Worthy poor are those seen as deserving of assistance such as orphans and the elderly. The worthy poor tend to have better services and their services have less stigma.

Unworthy poor those seen as undeserving of aid such as single able bodied males.

Question 23

Reagan and Welfare

Answer 23

reduced welfare funding

increased corporate welfare

turned more social welfare back over to the states

Question 24

Americans with Disability Act

Answer 24

1990 law that bans discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilities in such areas as employment and transportation

Question 25

State Children’s Insurance Program

Answer 25

1997 authorizes states to offer health insurance to children,up to the age of 19, who are not already insured.

Signed under Clinton Administration

Question 26

Medicare Part D

Answer 26

began in 2006 under the Bush administration, used a private-sector strategy to provide prescription drug benefits for people receiving Medicare.

Question 27

Structural Discriminatiom

Answer 27

refers to entrenched and long-lasting societal practices that favor one group over another based on group characteristics such as skin color

Question 28

Affordable Care Act

Answer 28

2010 U.S. joined the community of nations that ensure health care as a basic right
for most of their people, rather than a privilege for some.

In the health care reform legislation, risk is shifting
from individuals to the federal and state government

Question 29

Earned Income Tax Credit

Answer 29

enacted by congress in 1975 in order to decrease the impact of Medicare and Social Security taxes that are deducted from the wages earned by low-income families with children

provided a refundable tax credit to
families whose incomes fell below the federal poverty line

Question 30

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Answer 30

Lilly Ledbetter sued Goodyear Tire after 20 years’ of service when she realized that, although she had the most experience, she was the lowest-paid supervisor

Signed by Obama allows individuals to bring about a lawsuit within 180 days of any issuance of a discriminatory paycheck

Question 31

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

Answer 31

TANF is a state-level block grant that empowers
each state to determine when and under what circumstances it will provide cash assistance to families in poverty. States are no longer required to provide assistance to any individual or family.

Replaced AFDC in 1996 under the Clinton Administration

Question 32

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 32

banned unequal voter registration, racial discrimination

Equal employment for women and people of color.

Denied federal funds to schools that discriminate

Question 33

Mathew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Answer 33

Signed by Obama in 2009

This legislation extends federal hate crimes law to include crimes motivated by a victim’s gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

Seen as a big win for LGBTQ advocates

Question 34

Friendly Visitors

Answer 34

A sort of caseworker used by Charity Organization Societies

Question 35

No child left behind

Answer 35

Outcome based education

Testing

Policy well intended but with no funding it failed

Question 35

Orphanages

Answer 35

institutionalized care for orphans