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Political Scie Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The new deal | est. persuasive and active role for the national gov |
| The Great society | president Lyndon society aggressive gov action to help the poor and disatvange |
| Social security- | passed by new deal insurance financed by taxes on workers and employment programs |
| Domestic policy | public policy that comprised of policy decision on matters affecting individuals within political systems |
| Social insurance | welfare programs provide cash or services to aged disabled and special needs |
| Welfare | public money given to people whose desire to live off public dole is greater than their desire to work for living |
| Welfare reform act- | 1996 law that fundamentally altered the AFDC welfare program by renaming it TANF and placing work and training requirements as well as time limits on its use. |
| Medicare- | - social insurance 2nd national gov great society elderly and disabled |
| TANF- | temporary assistance for needy fam |
| Medicaid | - means tested medical care programs providing in-kind medical benefits for the poor |
| Medicare- | social insurance 2nd national gov great society elderly and disabled |
| Unemployment | UI, provides workers, who lose their jobs through no fault of their own, with weekly unemployment insurance payments. The UI program is 100% funded by employers who pay taxes on wages paid to employees |
| Alleviative strategies to handle poverty | in-kind benefits: housing assistance, school lunch program, emergency fuel assistance |
| “Underclass” poverty | proportion of the poor comprised of individuals isolated from rest of society. |
| “Working poor” | individual, employed or seeking employment but still defined as poor |
| Supplemental security income (SSI) | social security administration where by the national gov guarantees a certain level of income for the needy, aged, blind, and disabled |
| Conservative | opposed the creation and extension of social welfare programs bcuz entrust gov with decisions that should be left to individuals and groups like independence and citizen mindless bureaucracy |
| liberal ideals of welfare | initiate and extended the program is right necessary to help redress economic imbalances in capitalist systems |
| Public assistance | Government benefits provided to the needy, usually in the form of cash or vouchers. |
| Social security act | passed in the new deal: system of old age insurance financed by taxes on worker and employers, compensation for the unemployed jointly administered by the national state gov grants to the state to provide cash assistance to dependent children ,blinded dis |
| Bush’s plan for social security | limiting benefits for wealthy retirees;indexing benefits to prices rather than wages;increasing the retirement age; and discouraging taking Social Security benefits early. |
| “In-kind” benefits | non cash benefits such as medical needy social welfare |
| Food stamps | programs that provided the eligible needy with coupons that can be used to purchase food |
| EPA | agency that controls and air and water pollution and protect environment |
| National environmental policy act | national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man |
| George Washington’s farewell address in regards to foreign policy | Expand our trading relations with other nations, but have as little political connection as possible with foreign nations. |
| Internationalism | American interest in peace abroad and liberty at home required its permanent enrollment in world affair |
| Bush doctrine | no inside power can claim Persian golf Iran Iraq and north Korea |
| Carter doctrine | 1980 reverse Persian Gulf vital interest of US attend to outside power to control will be resisted nuclear war_ |
| Truman Doctrine | containment of communism |
| Détente | relaxation applied to soviet American relations in early1970-arms control improved US relations with republic |
| Marshal plan | 1947 secretary state general European countries cash to recover grants integration |
| State department | routine daily functions of foreign policy, represents united states abroad, involved in international negotiations, supervised foreign aid programs, policy recommendation to president |
| ACDA | agency of the state dept. responsible for research on arms control and often involved in the actual negotiations |
| DOD | established national security 1947, formulating military policy and maintain armed forces |
| World Bank | specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loan to poor nations for economic development _BORROW_ |
| International monetary fund | United Nations designed to promote international monetary cooperation |
| BRIC countries | Brazil Russia India china |
| What programs were implemented under the new deal? | Social programs under Roosevelt: social security, FTAP, unemployment. |
| What are examples of legislation passed under the great society? | Food stamps, civil rights, voting, under president Johnson |
| The evolution of American social security programs after 1935 has been through | incrementalism – slowly charged |
| Who are the working poor? | Individuals who seek a job or have one but don’t get paid enough to unclaimed bankruptcy |
| Give an example of an alleviative strategy for poverty | . Cash benefits , welfare |
| Give an example of in-kind benefits | medical |
| Give 4 examples of environmental problems | oil spills, acid rain, global warming, ozone depletion |
| Give both the liberal and conservative view of welfare. | liberal: support \ just right –conservative smother initiative and independence |
| Demographic changes that are making changes necessary to social security retirement are | low birth rate and longer life expectancy because of the baby boom enough to pay and go |
| Since the end of the second world war, major foreign policy initiatives have originated from the US presidency | TRUE |
| During the presidency of bill Clinton the US intervened in | Bosnia Haiti Kosovo |
| Détente means | a relaxation of tension between countries |
| What does the Hughes Ryan amendment (1974) require? | If passed… |
| Why is congress poorly equipped to conduct foreign policy? | Poclism-narrow minded organization weakness |
| What are the BRIC countries? | Brazil Russia India china biggest economy |
| Which is the elite corps of employment in the state department? | Foreign service officers |
| In 2003 congress added a program to Medicare. What was it? | Prescription drug benefits part d |
| What the characteristic of “underclass”poverty- | chronic unemployment unstable family environment welfare dependency high incident of crime |
| What did the environment reach the public policy agenda in the 1960 and 70’s? | Public view became post materialistic quality view of life became post mate like Santa Barbra oil spill 3 mile love canal successful industrialization of war |
| Internationalism is a belief that America’s interest in peace abroad and liberty at home requires its” | permanent involvement in world affairs |
| The immediate reason for the Truman doctrine were” | civil war in Greece and soviet pressure on turkey |
| Opponents of Medicare in1965 called it | socialized medicine |
| How did the welfare reform act fundamentally change welfare? | Placing work and training requirements time limits 2 consecutively 5 total life time changed to TANF |
| Which is an example of public assistance? | Welfare ( supplemental security income |
| The original social security act of 1935 | insures only workers in commerce and industry after 1935 congress added other occupation groups to the act including: self-employment farmers, military personnel, self-employed professionals, the president, vice president and members of congress |
| Regulatory agencies like EPA ultimately receive their authority from | congress makes laws |
| George Washington Farwell address advocated that US foreign policy should be one of | isolationism |
| Environmental regulations | promise environmental benefits and impose monetary costs |
| Which cabinet department administers the food stamp program? | USDA apartment of ag |
| The SSI program is administered by which department? | Social security |
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