Week 1

Question 1

The largest social welfare program in America. Began as a response to the economic & social conditions of the Great Depression.

Answer 1

Social Security

Question 2

An act that requires an employer to withhold a percentage of an employee’s salary for the Social Security Trust Fund

Answer 2

Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)

Question 3

the well-being of society

Answer 3

social welfare

Question 4

the maintenance of the well-being of society

Answer 4

social welfare policy

Question 5

the product of social welfare policies

Answer 5

social welfare programs

Question 6

An example of this is when the government uses tax dollars to provide social welfare services

Answer 6

provider role

Question 7

An example of this is driving on a public road, taking a book out of the public library, relying on police protection etc.

Answer 7

recipient role

Question 8

the worth, desirability, or usefulness placed on something

Answer 8

value

Question 9

an opinion or conviction

Answer 9

belief

Question 10

Consists of the organized efforts and structures used to provide for societal well-being. Consists of four interrelated parts: 1) social issues, 2) policy goals, 3) legislation and regulation, and 4) social welfare programs

Answer 10

social welfare system

Question 11

Calls for organized public intervention only when the normal resources of family and marketplace break down (after a problem is identified)

Answer 11

residual social welfare policy

Question 12

Calls for the existence of social welfare programs as part of the social structure and as part of the normal function of society (preventative effort)

Answer 12

institutional social welfare policy

Question 13

Calls for social services that provide benefits to all members of society, regardless of their income or means.

Answer 13

Universality

Question 14

Services are restricted to those who can demonstrate need through established eligibility criteria (Elizabethan poor laws)

Answer 14

Selectivity

Question 15

The program through which the federal government provided loans or became shareholders of private companies

Answer 15

Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

Question 16

The three major government branches

Answer 16

legislative, executive, juducial

Question 17

The two bodies that Congress is made of

Answer 17

Senate and House of Representatives

Question 18

The master compilation of permanent laws of the United States

Answer 18

United States Code

Question 19

The major way presidents can intervene in agency processes. Presidents can clarify or further a law that was passed by Congress or is established based on the Constitution

Answer 19

executive order

Question 20

Statements of policy or interpretations of regulations rather than extensions to specific law

Answer 20

executive action

Question 21

To be able to have autonomy in governing

Answer 21

sovereignty

Question 22

Action taken to influence the policy making process

Answer 22

policy practice

Question 23

Money that consists of those political donations used for general political efforts and education about issues

Answer 23

soft money

Question 24

Money that consists of those donations made to fund a specific candidate or issue

Answer 24

hard money

Question 25

funds that flow into political campaigns from corporations, unions, business associations, or wealthy individuals who are not publicly identified

Answer 25

dark money

Question 26

opening the election process in ways that remove the influence of money

Answer 26

clean elections

Question 27

seeking to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue

Answer 27

lobby

Question 28

an organized approach to make changes in social, political, or economic systems to ensure greater social and economic justice to improve societal well-being

Answer 28

social action