True False Quiz

Choose the best answer:


1	About one in seven Americans live at or below the poverty line.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	"Feminization of poverty" reflects the fact that most Americans below the poverty line are members of single-mother families.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	A higher percentage of white Americans live below the poverty line than Hispanics and African Americans.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	The term "means test" refers to a tax on part of the social security income of wealthier retirees.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	The major difference between social insurance programs and public assistance programs is that social insurance programs are available only to the financially needy.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Social insurance programs enjoy a greater degree of support among the American public than public assistance programs.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	A plan for a guaranteed annual income has been proposed in the U.S. by both liberals and conservatives in order to help streamline the size and complexity of the welfare bureaucracy.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	The United States ranks first in the world in the proportion of adults receiving a college education.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	No one in the United States lives in poverty.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	The U.S. government spends much less on public housing than on tax breaks for homeowners, most of whom are middle-and upper-income Americans.
		A)	True
		B)	False


11	Congressional support for large appropriations for aid to poorer schools is one of the easier measures to get approved in Congress.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	In the U.S. education is primarily a federal rather than a state and local responsibility.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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