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Social Security Quiz

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  • What was the average unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
  • Which of the following was not proposed as an alternative to Social Security?
  • What year did Social Security get signed into law?
  • How quickly did the Social Security Act receive an update from Congress?
  • About what percentage of elderly people were not able to support themselves during the Great Depression?
  • About what percentage of workers were covered by Social Security at the time it was created?
  • Which President is credited with finally creating Social Security?
  • Which cabinet secretary was the driving force behind the creation of Social Security?
  • What European country pioneered the idea of government-sponsored old age insurance?
  • Who received the very first Social Security check?
  • What historical template was Social Security based on?
  • What two significant groups were not covered by Social Security when it was first created?
  • What does the word vicissitude mean?
  • Which of these Founding Fathers was an early advocate for a form of social insurance?
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