Chapter 2 NORTH AMERICA

US Poverty Report

After watching the US Poverty Report video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. The proportion of people living in poverty in America is about:

5 percent

10 percent

13 percent

17 percent

2. Since 2000, what has happened to the poverty rate in the United States?

It has gone up dramatically.

It has gone down dramatically.

Although the numbers of poor have risen, the rate has not changed much.

The absolute numbers of poor and the rate of poverty have stayed the same.

3. Catholic Charities' campaign aims to:

Eliminate poverty in the United States.

Reduce poverty by half by 2020.

Keep poverty from increasing.

Return to the old system of welfare for the poor.

4. In Washington, DC, for example, how has housing for the poor changed since 2000?

Housing prices have tripled, making it impossible for the working poor to live in the city.

Public housing has expanded.

Homeless shelters have taken over the task of sheltering the poor.

The government has started a program to get all poor people into home ownership.