HDFS 420 Exam 1 || A+ Graded.
percent of the federal budget (2016) supported programs for families facing economic
hardship correct answers 9%
Bonus Army March in 1963 correct answers veterans occupy Washington D.D and demand
back wages
"Tombstone Bonus" correct answers 1924 congress grants universal compensation for WWI
veterans BUT don't get money until 1945 or unless they die
3 main elements of the Social Security Act of 1935 (FDR) correct answers 1. Social security:
pension for the elderly
2. Unemployment compensation
3. Aid dependent children (ADC) welfare assists poor mothers
gerrymandering correct answers practice of drawing congressional district lines to benefit one
political party over the other and dates back to the 19th century
problems with gerrymandering correct answers 1. pre-determines electoral results
2. locks in a disproportionate and unfair advantage for one party over the other
1st amendment correct answers freedom of speech, right to peaceably assemble
14th amendment correct answers slavery ends in U.S (1868)
15th amendment correct answers (1870) the right of citizens (men) of the U.S to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the U.S or any state on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude (only 3% of A.A men registered to vote)
Voting rights act of 1965 correct answers aimed to overcome the legal barriers at the state
and local levels that prevented A.A from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the
15th amendment
provisions of voting rights act of 1965 correct answers 1. banned the use of literacy tests
2. authorized the U.S attorney general to investigate the use of poll taxes in state and local
elections
3. section 5
section 5 of the voting rights act of 1965 correct answers required federal oversight of voter
registration in areas where less than 50% of the non-white population had not registered to
vote
-required states to submit and changes in their voting laws and procedures to the justice
department or to the federal district court in Washington D.C
Shelby County vs. Holder 2013 correct answers -supreme court of U.S rules that section 5 no
longer applies to any jurisdictions in the U.S
-formula they used was unconstitutional
-as a result, redistricting plans and other changes in voting laws such as voter identification
requirements, need not be approved before they take effect
, trends of voter I.D laws since 2008 correct answers more states are requiring I.D's in order to
vote
potential problems with voter I.D laws correct answers (i.e Alabama in 2015) closed 31 part-
time driver's license offices which were disproportionately in or near black neighborhoods
and predominantly black towns
Gill vs. Whitford case correct answers -in 2011, Wisconsin voters sued the state of
Wisconsin-- challenging the redistricting plan under the 1st and 14th amendment
-2016 district court ruled in favor of democrats (ruled the plan was "an aggressive partisan
gerrymander" that locked in a republican majority, deprived citizens of representation)
-Wisconsin is asking the supreme court to overturn a decision striking down the 2011
redistricting plan for the lower house of the Wisconsin state assembly as a partisan
gerrymander
packing correct answers practice of drawing particular districts to ensure another party's
candidate wins seat by a tremendous margin
cracking correct answers the practice of drawing districts to divide a concentration of specific
types of voters across several districts such that they are a minority in each one
tactics used after the civil war and reconstruction to prevent African Americans from
exercising their right to vote correct answers -violence
-voter fraud
-gerrymandering
-literacy tests
-white primaries
-poll taxes
poll tax (1877-1965) correct answers -flat fee required before voting (as high as $200)
-must be paid in cash and often too years for people to save enough cash to pay the tac and
find out where and when to pay it
literacy test correct answers -used to prove an applicant's ability to read and understand
English claimed that the exams ensured an educated and informed electorate
-in practice, used to disqualify immigrants and the poor, who had less education
Fair housing Act, 1968 (President Lyndon B. Johnson) correct answers prohibited
discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, color,
disability, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin
educational endogamy correct answers -people tend to marry others who have a similar level
of educational attainment
-women with higher education tend to marry men with higher education
increasing tendency for wives to be more educated than their husbands
Kohn's study of jobs and parental values (1969): working class correct answers -closely
supervised, work with physical objects, perform repetitive tasks
-important to obey supervisors and accept discipline of doing repetitive tasks
percent of the federal budget (2016) supported programs for families facing economic
hardship correct answers 9%
Bonus Army March in 1963 correct answers veterans occupy Washington D.D and demand
back wages
"Tombstone Bonus" correct answers 1924 congress grants universal compensation for WWI
veterans BUT don't get money until 1945 or unless they die
3 main elements of the Social Security Act of 1935 (FDR) correct answers 1. Social security:
pension for the elderly
2. Unemployment compensation
3. Aid dependent children (ADC) welfare assists poor mothers
gerrymandering correct answers practice of drawing congressional district lines to benefit one
political party over the other and dates back to the 19th century
problems with gerrymandering correct answers 1. pre-determines electoral results
2. locks in a disproportionate and unfair advantage for one party over the other
1st amendment correct answers freedom of speech, right to peaceably assemble
14th amendment correct answers slavery ends in U.S (1868)
15th amendment correct answers (1870) the right of citizens (men) of the U.S to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the U.S or any state on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude (only 3% of A.A men registered to vote)
Voting rights act of 1965 correct answers aimed to overcome the legal barriers at the state
and local levels that prevented A.A from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the
15th amendment
provisions of voting rights act of 1965 correct answers 1. banned the use of literacy tests
2. authorized the U.S attorney general to investigate the use of poll taxes in state and local
elections
3. section 5
section 5 of the voting rights act of 1965 correct answers required federal oversight of voter
registration in areas where less than 50% of the non-white population had not registered to
vote
-required states to submit and changes in their voting laws and procedures to the justice
department or to the federal district court in Washington D.C
Shelby County vs. Holder 2013 correct answers -supreme court of U.S rules that section 5 no
longer applies to any jurisdictions in the U.S
-formula they used was unconstitutional
-as a result, redistricting plans and other changes in voting laws such as voter identification
requirements, need not be approved before they take effect
, trends of voter I.D laws since 2008 correct answers more states are requiring I.D's in order to
vote
potential problems with voter I.D laws correct answers (i.e Alabama in 2015) closed 31 part-
time driver's license offices which were disproportionately in or near black neighborhoods
and predominantly black towns
Gill vs. Whitford case correct answers -in 2011, Wisconsin voters sued the state of
Wisconsin-- challenging the redistricting plan under the 1st and 14th amendment
-2016 district court ruled in favor of democrats (ruled the plan was "an aggressive partisan
gerrymander" that locked in a republican majority, deprived citizens of representation)
-Wisconsin is asking the supreme court to overturn a decision striking down the 2011
redistricting plan for the lower house of the Wisconsin state assembly as a partisan
gerrymander
packing correct answers practice of drawing particular districts to ensure another party's
candidate wins seat by a tremendous margin
cracking correct answers the practice of drawing districts to divide a concentration of specific
types of voters across several districts such that they are a minority in each one
tactics used after the civil war and reconstruction to prevent African Americans from
exercising their right to vote correct answers -violence
-voter fraud
-gerrymandering
-literacy tests
-white primaries
-poll taxes
poll tax (1877-1965) correct answers -flat fee required before voting (as high as $200)
-must be paid in cash and often too years for people to save enough cash to pay the tac and
find out where and when to pay it
literacy test correct answers -used to prove an applicant's ability to read and understand
English claimed that the exams ensured an educated and informed electorate
-in practice, used to disqualify immigrants and the poor, who had less education
Fair housing Act, 1968 (President Lyndon B. Johnson) correct answers prohibited
discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, color,
disability, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin
educational endogamy correct answers -people tend to marry others who have a similar level
of educational attainment
-women with higher education tend to marry men with higher education
increasing tendency for wives to be more educated than their husbands
Kohn's study of jobs and parental values (1969): working class correct answers -closely
supervised, work with physical objects, perform repetitive tasks
-important to obey supervisors and accept discipline of doing repetitive tasks
