THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Works Progress Administration
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Social Security Act
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GI Bill of Rights
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Detailed explanation-1: -On August 14, 1935, the Social Security Act established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, and aid for dependent mothers and children, persons who are blind, and persons with disabilities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Social Security program in the United States provides protection against the loss of earnings due to retirement, death, or disability. The financial operations of this program are handled through the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Funds.
Detailed explanation-3: -Medicare, Title XVIII, a health insurance program for the elderly was established as part of the Social Security Act.
Detailed explanation-4: -Aid For The Aged: Title I of the Social Security Act Title I of the 1935 Social Security Act created a program, called Old Age Assistance (OAA), which would give cash payments to poor elderly people, regardless of their work record. OAA provided for a federal match of state old-age assistance expenditures.