Unit 8 - Social Welfare (16.2, 16.4-16.6)

Question 1

entitlement programs

Answer 1

government programs providing benefits to qualified individuals regardless of need

Question 2

means-tested programs

Answer 2

government programs providing benefits only to individuals who qualify based on specific needs

Question 3

Social Security Act

Answer 3

a 1935 law part of New Deal programs intended to provide a minimal level of sustenance to older Americans thus save them from poverty

Question 4

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

Answer 4

the welfare reform law of 1996, which implemented toe Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program

Question 5

social welfare

Answer 5

programs designed to help people in need

Question 6

AFDC

Answer 6

Aid to Family of Dependent Children, enables states to provide cash payments for children deprived o parental support

Question 7

TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)

Answer 7

replacing Aid to Families with Dependent Children as the program for public assistance to families, people on welfare have to find work within two years, lifetime max of five

Question 8

Medicare Act of 1965

Answer 8

a health insurance programs for the elderly (entitlement, Medicare) and health insurance for the poor, (means, Medicaid)

Question 9

Social Security Trust Fund

Answer 9

The “account” into which Social Security employee and employer contributions are “deposited” and used to pay out eligible recipients

Question 10

republican’s views on SWP:

Answer 10

limited gov/states’ rights, so local control of SWP, private control of SWP

Question 11

democrat’s views on SWP:

Answer 11

big gov, so national control of SWP, public control of SWP spending