Social+Security+Act

Social Security Act [Erik Smith and Sean McOwen] -Background - Creation -Purpose of the Act -Reception
 * Proposed to eliminate the issues that were seen as dangers for a modern country
 * President Roosevelt was the first president to create programs to help the needy and elderly
 * Part of the new deal
 * Drafted under Frances Perkins, the US Secratary of Labor
 * Created on August 14, 1935
 * Made to help the elderly
 * Benifits to retirees and unemployed
 * Lump-sum benifited death
 * Grants to states for aid to dependent children
 * Grants to state for maternal and child welfare
 * People over 65 received a steady income from the government
 * Constitutionality of it was challenged by the Supreme Court
 * Not all parts got passed, the National Industrial Recovery Act was rejected[[image:http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/FDR-Signing-Social-Security-Act.jpg]]