The federal poverty level is a figure established by the

The federal poverty level is a figure established by the
 
  a. Congressional Budget Office.
  b. Office of Management and Budget.
  c. Pentagon.
  d. Census Bureau.
  e. Health and Human Services.

Question -2-

Lyndon Johnson used the Economic Opportunity Act and the Medicare Act to fight poverty as part of the
 
  a. War on Poverty.
  b. Washington Good-Neighbor Ordinance.
  c. Educational Cleanup.
  d. Politics-by-Choice.
  e. New Frontier

Question -3-

The Depression acted as a triggering mechanism to translate the economic condition of poverty into a
 
  a. nonpartisan matter.
  b. world issue.
  c. local issue.
  d. political issue.
  e. social issues.

Question -4-

The dollar amount of annual earnings below which a family is considered poor is known as the
 
  a. AFDC payment.
  b. cash assistance level.
  c. poverty level.
  d. annual earnings measurement.
  e. gross domestic product.

Question -5-

The cornerstone of the 1988 Family Support Act was the idea of
 
  a. work in exchange for benefits.
  b. welfare payments for all family members, not just adults.
  c. welfare benefits tied to Social Security payroll taxes.
  d. cost-of-living allowances for welfare recipients.
  e. the elimination of all welfare benefits.

Question -6-

Impoundment refers to
 
  a. the president's overturning of the previous administration's policies.
  b. Congress's refusal to appropriate money.
  c. the president's refusal to spend appropriated funds.
  d. Congress's insistence on specific spending requirements.
  e. the Senate's refusal to approve funds already appropriated.