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Title: In the nineteenth century, Congress passed the Morrill Act, which created :
Post by: dcrimaldi on Mar 11, 2018
In the nineteenth century, Congress passed the Morrill Act, which created
 
  A) the GI Bill.
  B) land grant colleges.
  C) National Defense Education loans.
  D) Pell grants.
  E) integrated fraternity houses.

Question -2-

The Medicaid program is
 
  A) the same as the Medicare program.
  B) a public assistance program to help pay hospital, doctor, and medical bills for persons with low incomes.
  C) a scholarship program to try to ensure that there are medical personnel in rural areas.
  D) a bonus program for medical personnel who perform their jobs well.
  E) no help any longer in the United States.

Question -3-

Antipoverty programs at the federal level received their impetus from the writings of which of the following?
 
  A) Michael Harrington
  B) John Maynard Keynes
  C) Milton Friedman
  D) Ralph Nader
  E) William Richards

Question -4-

It was during the administration of which of the following presidents that a war on poverty in America was declared?
 
  A) John F. Kennedy
  B) Lyndon B. Johnson
  C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
  D) Ronald Reagan
  E) Harry Truman

Question -5-

By the mid-1990s, the Social Security program faced which of the following problems?
 
  A) The expansion of the program, coupled with continuing inflation, had created enormous financial strain on the program.
  B) Social Security taxes go into a trust fund so that the program can be self-sustaining, but payments to recipients were outpacing the growth of the program's reserves.
  C) Part of the problem was demographic; compared with when the program started, there were, proportionately, fewer people of working age to pay taxes and more people of retirement age to draw benefits, and this trend was expected to continue.
  D) All of the above.
  E) None of the above.


Title: In the nineteenth century, Congress passed the Morrill Act, which created :
Post by: kduv99 on Mar 11, 2018
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B

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B

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A

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B

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D