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6.
About
what percentage of elderly people
were not able to support themselves during the Great Depression?
50%
25%
10%
14.
How quickly did the Social Security Act
receive an update
from Congress?
10 years (1945)
20 years (1955)
4 years (1939)
2.
What
historical template
was Social Security based on?
Canadian Socialized Health Insurance
Revolutionary War Pensions
Civil War Pensions
1.
Which
cabinet secretary
was the driving force behind the creation of Social Security?
Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor
Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture
William H. Woodin, Secretary of the Treasury
4.
What
year
did Social Security get signed into law?
1940
1935
1933
5.
What was the
average unemployment
rate during the Great Depression?
25%
50%
10%
3.
Which
President
is credited with finally creating Social Security?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
8.
What
European country
pioneered the idea of government-sponsored old age insurance?
Denmark
Germany
France
13.
What does the word
vicissitude
mean?
Unwelcome change of circumstances
Joy
Sorrow
9.
Which of the following was not proposed as an
alternative to Social Security
?
Guaranteed health care for the homeless
Tax the rich to provide a minimum income for all
Funding Social Security through a national sales tax
10.
What
two significant groups
were not covered by Social Security when it was first created?
Farmers and domestic workers
Doctors and nurses
Bankers and federal employees
7.
Which of
these Founding Fathers
was an early advocate for a form of social insurance?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Paine
12.
About what
percentage of workers
were covered by Social Security at the time it was created?
20%
90%
60%
11.
Who received
the very first Social Security check?
Frances Perkins
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ida Fuller of Vermont
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