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ByrneNoah III
AP American Government Domestic Policy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 - Domestic Policy | Includes crime prevention, education, energy, environment, health care, and social welfare. |
| 2 - LBJ's "War on Crime" | Study and suggest crime solutions. Increased federal involvement in crime prevention. |
| 3 - Gun Control | Since 1980s. Attempts to make guns harder to purchase. |
| 4 - Federal spending on crime initiatives (officers, prisons) | Increased by Bill Clinton. |
| 5 - Harsher punishments (federal crimes) | Mandates death penalty for certain crimes. |
| 6 - Three strikes law | Mandated punishments for 3rd felonies. |
| 7 - "War on Drugs" | Coined 1971. US and allies use militia to combat illegal drug traffic. |
| 8 - Brown v. Board | Begin efforts for equal access to education opportunity. |
| 9 - State Government's role | Authority over public education. +Nat. govt. role is increasing |
| 10 - Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965) | Fed. funds for low-income populations. +From Lyndon Johnson's Great Society |
| 11 - Department of Education | Education policy determined/organized. |
| 12 - School Vouchers | Currently proposed. +Parents choose schools for their children +Nationally test students |
| 13 - No Child Left Behind | Proficiency tests req. by all states. +Unpopular on local level |
| 14 - Renewable resources | Repleshes itself in less than a lifetime. |
| 15 - Global Warming | Sketchy theory claiming an unhealthy increase in global temperatures in recent years. +Consist of the greenhouse effect being unnaturally increased by a greater amount of CO2 in the air. |
| 16 - Toxic Waste Disposal (Superfund) | Cleans toxic waste dumps, with or w/o company help. +1980 began |
| 17 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Enforce envir. laws. |
| 18 - Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) | Reoprts and studies are req. for impacts on the envir. |
| 19 - Clean Air Act (1970) | Reduces air pollution. |
| 20 - Water Pollution Control Act (1972) | Cleans lakes and rivers. |
| 21 - Endangered Species Act (1973) | Nat. govt. protects endangered species. |
| 24 - Medicare | Health care for elderly. |
| 25 - Medicaid | Health care for poor. |
| 26 - Veterans Administration (VA) | Helps to promote public health. |
| 27 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | Regulate food cleanliness requirements. |
| 28 - Clinton's Health care proposals | Proposed in 1993. +Died in Congress |
| 29 - Obama-care | Large changes to health care. +Has not gained a plurality |
| 30 - Social Welfare origins (New Deal) | Great Depression origin. +Nat. govt. intervention becomes expected |
| 31 - Social Security Act | First attempt to curb economic depressions and poverty. +$ to old retired +$ to handicapped, blind, injured |
| 32 - LBJ's Great Society | Nat. programs combat poverty. +Hand up policies |
| 33 - Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) | $ to single, poor parents with kids. |
| 34 - Temporary Assistant for Needy Families (TANF) | Replaces AFDC in 1997. $ to American families. +Limits encourage re-employment |
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