Economic & Domestic Policy: All About Public Policy

Below is a graph about high school graduation rates in the United States.

Which long term domestic policy goal is reflected in the graph?

• career preparation

• physical fitness

• racial equality

• public safety

Which involve issues or concerns within one's own country?

• treaty
• foreign affairs
• domestic affairs
• policy

Taxes, education, healthcare, and the economy involve which type of policies?

• domestic policies
• presidential policies
• diplomacy policies
• military policies

Which of the following is an example of a domestic policy issue?

• Education
• International Trade
• Diplomacy
• War on Terrorism

What type of economy does the United States have?

• Traditional

• Free Market

• Command

• Mixed

The stand the government takes on an issue is called

• public sphere

• public policy

• public opinion

• public works

The public policy process is best represented as a

• Straight line

• Two Way Street

• Hexagon

• Circle

Leah has three children, and she can’t find work. She already receives Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and she receives food stamps. However, her youngest daughter needs to get her vaccinations, and those programs do not help with the doctor bills. Which program would aid Leah?

• Social Security

• Head Start

• Medicaid

• Low Income Housing

Mrs. Jackson is a widow with four children. She works, but her wages are so low she earns only about one-third of what most people in her city earn. She lives in a run-down, two-bedroom apartment but was recently told she’d have to move. Her landlord has not been making payments on the property, and it is being foreclosed. As shabby as the apartment is, it is cheap, and Mrs. Jackson can’t find any place else that she can afford. She is afraid she will have to move her family to a homeless shelter. Which program would benefit Mrs. Jackson the most?

• Social Security

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program / Food Stamps

• Low Income Housing

What is public policy?

• President writes laws

• Citizens take over writing policy

• What the government does about a problem

• What the people do about a problem