The War on Poverty of the 1960s
a. caused most social scientists to advocate continued government social intervention for the poor.
b. was abandoned in the late 1960s when poverty was virtually eradicated from U.S. cities.
c. failed largely because it viewed poverty apart from the larger societal context.
d. was similar to programs of the New Deal.
Question 2
Even when faced with constant violence, a surprising number of women make no attempt to leave the men who abuse them. Lenore Walker (1977) has suggested that this passivity is a form of __________.
a. fatalism
b. stoicism
c. indifference
d. unemotionality
e. None of the above
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