Question 1
In American cities, the cuts to public employment fell disproportionately on the black community due to:
◦ Public employment was a significant source of white collar jobs for African Americans.
◦ Lack of adequate training programs.
◦ The ignoring of affirmative action law.
◦ Jim Crow policies.
Question 2
The explosion of federal spending on welfare services in the 1960s and 1970s was due to all but which of the following factors?
◦ Increased spending on those that were likely to become dependent on welfare
◦ Looser federal regulation
◦ The dominance of conservative ideology
◦ States interest in shifting cost to the federal government