Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The Social Security Act, which was part of the New Deal legislation,
|a. |gave pensions to the retired, as advocated by the Townsend Plan. |
|b. |was instituted as a means-tested program to provide welfare benefits for children in poverty. |
|c. |initially was introduced as a means-tested program to provide welfare benefits to poor elderly. |
|d. |paid pensions to elderly out of sums collected from workers. |
____ 2. Approximately _____ percent of Americans over age 50 are registered to vote, compared with an overall national figure of near 75 percent.
|a. |50 |
|b. |60 |
|c. |70 |
|d. |80 |
|e. |90 |
____ 3. The premier lobbyist for elder causes in the United States is the
|a. |American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) |
|b. |Gray Panthers |
|c. |National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Welfare |
|d. |National Council of Senior Citizens |
|e. |National Council on the Aging |
____ 4. In the Friendly Visitor Program,
|a. |elderly volunteers provide companionship and tutoring to disabled children. |
|b. |paid of volunteer workers check on older persons daily by phone. |
|c. |volunteer visitors of all ages are matched with elderly persons on the basis of common interests or location. |
|d. |volunteers of all ages do housekeeping chores and provide simple health care to homebound elderly. |
____ 5. The Foster Grandparent Program
|a. |is a volunteer program that recruits highly educated elderly to work with children who are at risk of failing a grade. |
|b. |is an all-volunteer program that recruits highly educated elderly to provide guidance to children living in low income |
| |areas. |
|c. |hires low-income elderly to assist children in physical or speech therapy or with their homework. |
|d. |recruits children to read to and provide companionship to homebound elderly of elderly in nursing homes. |
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