The Bill Clinton Administration - Part 4

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act replaced which program?

• Social Security

• Medicare

• Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

• Medicaid

What did the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act replace AFDC with?

• Social Security Benefits (SSB)

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

What kind of control did the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act give states over welfare programs?

• Less control

• Greater control

• No change in control

• Completely eliminated all programs

Real GDP growth averaged approximately what percentage annually during the later part of the 90s?

• 2%

• 3%

• 4%

• 5%

By 1997, the unemployment rate had fallen to approximately:

• 6%

• 5.5%

• 4.9%

• 4%

Inflation averaged around what percentage during the Clinton administration?

• 1%

• 2.6%

• 3.5%

• 4%

Approximately how many jobs were created during Clinton’s presidency?

• 10 million

• 15 million

• 20 million

• 22 million

The primary goal of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was to:

• Increase government regulation of telecommunications

• Promote competition in the telecommunications market

• Establish a national telephone company

• Limit the growth of the internet.

What did the Telecommunications Act of 1996 do regarding media ownership?

• Increased restrictions

• Maintained existing restrictions

• Relaxed restrictions

• Banned media consolidation

HIPAA aimed to ensure that individuals could: a) Receive free healthcare b) Maintain health insurance coverage when changing jobs c) Choose their own doctors d) Have access to experimental treatments.

• Receive free healthcare

• Maintain health insurance coverage when changing jobs

• Choose their own doctors

• Have access to experimental treatments