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The overall intent of the Social Security Act was to create programs that would:?

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Respond to immediate crisis while planning for long term security

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The two key complementary components of the Social Security Act were:

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Social insurance and public assistance

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The Social Security trust funds are projected to run out by 2019.?

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False

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Many argue that the future of Social Security is in jeopardy. Which of the following is NOT a reason to worry about the future of the program??

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coverage of low-income children

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Social Security historically has included fairness in resource distribution by race and gender.?

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False

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Social Security is the main source of income for two-thirds of all elderly people.?

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True

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Disability Insurance was

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added in 1956

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The original Social Security Act of 1935 included Grants to States for Aid to Dependent Children and Medicare?.

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False

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Today, social insurance programs include:?

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Unemployment Insurance

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Which of the following is true about privatization of Social Security??

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Those who understand financial markets would do well

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When the Social Security Act was passed in 1935, the public and legislators embraced which program??

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None of the programs

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Social insurance is:?

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collectively funded program for workers and their dependents

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The full name of Social Security today is Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance.?

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True

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From its introduction as a policy proposal, Social Security was widely embraced because of its support for the elderly and people with disabilities.?

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False

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The following programs were all part of the original Social Security Act of 1935:

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Old Age Insurance

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The tax rate for OASDI is:?

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6.20%

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Planning for retirement typically is built on the "three-legged stool" consisting of:?

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Social Security, pensions, and private saving

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Sufficient retirement income

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Requires reliance on multiple sources

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Social Security is a social program that provides sufficient benefits for a comfortable retirement.?

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False

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OASDHI includes a variety of programs. Which of the following is not covered under OASDHI?

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Medicaid

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In recent years, planning for retirement has changed, and people are?

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including employment during their retirement years

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If a woman survives her husband and becomes a widow, she is entitled to the full 100% of his Social Security Benefit.?

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True

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The Older Americans Act includes:

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Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection

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The first organized social welfare policy response for older Americans was:?

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Social Security Act

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Over 90% of elderly people receive some Social Security benefits.?

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True

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Adult Protective Services?

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Were mandated by federal law

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Elder maltreatment?

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Includes financial exploitation

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Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) are mandated and funded through:?

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the Older Americans Act

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Historically, for most Social Security recipients the amount of money they receive in benefits has been more than the total they paid in over their working years.?

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True

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Head Start is a comprehensive education and anti-poverty program which provides services to all eligible low-income children

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False

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Which of the following does NOT provide food and nutrition support for children?

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CHIP

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While about 25% of all households with children and youth are headed by a single female parent,?

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for African American families the rate is twice as high

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One of the few times the federal government took a preventive approach to child and family welfare was with passage of:

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The Family and Medical Leave Act

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The first federal legislation for child welfare dates back to the

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Early nineteen hundreds

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Eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) includes enforcement of child support?

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True

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The term "battered child syndrome" was developed in the 1990's due to the increase in reported cases of child abuse and neglect?

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False

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The TANF program includes?

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Child support enforcement

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The Medicaid program?

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Spends far less on children than the proportion of them in the program

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The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 was a result of:?

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greater numbers of children spending longer amounts of time in foster care

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The major social welfare program interventions in response to child abuse and neglect include all but:

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TANF

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Family preservation, child care, and parenting skills services are examples of:?

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supportive services

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Family preservation services are designed to help families alleviate crisis that might lead to out-of-home placement of children?

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True

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Foster care and adoption programs are institutional approaches to child welfare services?

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False

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Permanency planning:

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?was developed through the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Ac

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The majority of recipients of public assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program are young children?

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True

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Which of the following about the Affordable Care Act is not true:?

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the ACA has received wide bipartisan political support

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There are different federal policy approaches to the use of illegal substances. These approaches include:

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treatment through medical and mental health intervention

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Which of the following is NOT true about the Supplemental Security Income program??

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SSI is a social insurance program

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The Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA):

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allowed the continuation of group health insurance coverage after a person leaves his or her employment

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Deinstitutionalization resulted in a 75% decrease in the number of people in state mental health institutions from 1955 to 1980

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True

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The Health Insurance Parity Act ensured that

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coverage for physical and mental health services are provided equally

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All people who are poor and uninsured qualify for Medicaid?

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False

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The Disability Insurance program:?

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was not part of the Social Security Act until 1956?

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Immunization services for children against preventable childhood diseases:?

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are offered free through Medicaid or public health clinics

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The Medicaid program:

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provides long-term care coverage

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The Medicaid program is funded through federal matching grants given to states

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True

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The Medicare program:

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has two parts: Part A - hospital insurance and Part B - supplementary medical insurance

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The Social Security Act in 1935 included health insurance for senior citizens?

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False

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The Affordable Care Act was established in 2010

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True

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The federal government became involved in the delivery of mental health services in 1946 through the National Mental Health Act?

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True

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Both the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and the Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance (OASDI) program provide cash benefits to people with disabilities

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True

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IDS is referred to as a pandemic because:

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it occurs across a large geographic region

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The number of people immigrating to the U.S. was high during the early 1900s, but has trailed off in recent years.

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False

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When the first European settlers came to this country, the land was:

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populated by millions of indigenous peo

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A refugee is a person who chooses to relocate to a new country for economic opportunity.?

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False

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NAFTA made trade between the U.S. and Mexico and Canada easier.?

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True

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In the 1940s, the areas of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California were part of Mexico.

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True

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People who are employed but living illegally in the United States are:

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undocumented workers

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People of color outnumbered white settlers in America during the 1700s.?

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True

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The United States spends the greatest amount on health, and

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ranks first in health technology

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People not born in the United States but who have been granted permanent residence are:?

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lawful permanent citizens

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The interconnectedness of the world's economies is called:?

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globalization

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The immigration policy of Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA)?

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was enacted through executive action by President Obama

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The major similarity between a refugee and an immigrant is

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they both immigrate from another country

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Immigration policies over the years have been characterized by

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quotas and limitations

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The United States is the only industrialized country without a family allowance program.?

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True

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The DREAM act, if passed

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Would allow undocumented students to become eligible for legal status

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were ineffective in securing the rights outlined by the Fourteenth Amendment?.

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False

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Which of the following are considered forms of advocacy?

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All of these are forms of advocacy

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Social Security is an excellent example of a preventive social welfare policy.?

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true

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The social work profession is built on

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principles of social justice ?nondiscrimination ?advocacy for social change ?improving people's lives

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Level of education is inversely related to income.?

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False

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The Constitution was the first social welfare policy that outlined the protection of individual's rights.

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True

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The U.S. Constitution lacks provisions which protect against:?

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homophobia

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Jim Crow laws in the south were examples of:?

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institutional racism

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The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote.?

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False

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Action taken to influence the policy-making process is?

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Policy practice

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The goal of clean elections is to?

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Open the electoral process and reduce influence of special interest

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An example of a policy promoting sexism is:

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denying women the right to vote

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Legislation can never be passed directly through the voters

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False

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The ballot initiative process?

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Can put a proposition on the ballot with signatures of registered voters

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One policy solution legislators have tried to establish to limit outside influence on policy-makers:

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campaign finance reform?

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Which of the following is true of advocacy groups??

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Advocacy groups take political positions?

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An Executive Order can only be issued by the President?

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true

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