USA 10: Poverty amid plenty

What percentage of Americans were living below the poverty line according to Michael Harrington's book 'The Other America'?

• 40%

• 25%

• 10%

• 50%

How many Americans earned less than $1,000 a year according to a 1960 Senate report?

• 10 million

• 8 million

• 6 million

• 4 million

What percentage of people over the age of 65 had an income of less than $1,000 a year in 1960?

• 68%

• 60%

• 75%

• 50%

What was the hourly wage for some rural workers as reported in the 1960 Senate report?

• 75 cents

• 25 cents

• 50 cents

• 1 dollar

What percentage of people wanting to join the armed forces were rejected for being medically unfit by the early 1960s?

• 10%

• 20%

• 33%

• 30%

In 1955, what percentage of people in New York claiming welfare benefits were African Americans?

• 30%

• 50%

• 40%

• 20%

What percentage of US homes had no running water in 1947?

• 5%

• 7%

• 1%

• 3%

What percentage of US homes did not have access to a toilet in 1947?

• 40%

• 50%

• 30%

• 20%

In 1960, what percentage of families in Mississippi were living on less than $2,000 a year?

• 40%

• 50%

• 60%

• 70%

Which political party began to give the federal government some responsibility for solving poverty-related problems in the 1960s?

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Green Party

• Libertarian Party