The Chapter 19 (I think) Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Benefits to which every eligible person has a legal right and that the government cannot deny
  2. 3. President Lyndon Johnson’s broad array of programs designed to redress political, social, and economic inequality
  3. 6. A nation in which the government assumes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, redistributing income to reduce social inequality
  4. 8. The measures advocated by the Roosevelt administration to alleviate the Depression
  5. 9. Government aid to individuals who can demonstrate a need for that aid
  6. 11. State Children’s Health Insurance Program; A health insurance program designed to provide children in families with low incomes access to medical care
  7. 14. The fact that a growing percentage of all poor Americans are women or the dependents of women
  8. 16. Benefits provided by government to all citizens, regardless of income; Medicare and Social Security are examples
  9. 18. A general plan of action adopted by the government to solve a social problem, counter, a threat, or pursue an objective
  10. 19. The minimum cash income that will provide for a family’s basic needs, calculated as three times the cost of a market basket of food that provides a minimally nutritious diet
  11. 20. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act; A 1996 national act that abolished the longtime welfare policy, AFDC.
Down
  1. 2. A government-backed guarantee against loss by individuals without regard to need
  2. 4. The longest and deepest setback the American economy has ever experienced It began with the stock market crash on Oct. 24, 1929, and did not end until the start of WWII.
  3. 5. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; The federal government’s primary law to assist the nation’s elementary and secondary schools. It emerged as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program
  4. 7. Government program stat provide the minimum living standards necessary for all citizens
  5. 10. Social insurance that provides economic assistance to persons faced with unemployment, disability, or old age. It is financed by taxes on employers and employees
  6. 12. A part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program - intended to eradicate poverty within ten years
  7. 13. A health insurance program serving primarily persons sixty- five and older
  8. 15. The latest reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  9. 17. Conditional benefits provided by government to individuals whose income falls below a designated threshold