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Poverty quiz

Question 1 of 10

1

Minimum wage is being lowered in 2015 to $7.70 an hour

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

More African-Americans live in poverty compared to Hispanics

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

To fix poverty in America President Obama said "he was going to cut military spending in half and donate it to needy families in the U.S.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

People who are in poverty tend to live in suburbia and small towns.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

Unemployment is at an all time at 45% nationwide

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

'SNAP benefits" as they are called kept 4 million people out of poverty in 2011

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

In 1996 Clinton-era welfare cut cash assistance to needy families. After that parents went to work and fixed their problems.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

46 million Americans live in households where the government considers their income scarcely adequate.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

Lyndon B. Johnson "War on Poverty" has been extremely successful over the past 50 years.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

A fuller accounting suggests the poverty rate has dropped to 16 percent today, from 26 percent in the late 1960s, economists say.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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