The measure the federal government uses to calculate the cash income americans need to satisfy minimum living needs and uses it to determine how many people are poor is called:

poverty thresholds

Explanation:

A poverty thresholds is most popularly known as the poverty limit and it is defined as the minimum income which is considered sufficient enough to sustain the basic human need in any particular country. Thus the federal government of the United States calculate the per capita income of its people in order to calculate the number of poor people  and the minimum income of the people to meet their social living.

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affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

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amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

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anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

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explanation:

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