Date: 1935
Purpose: Created a system for retirement and unemployment insurance.
Purpose: Created a system for retirement and unemployment insurance.
- http://ncpedia.org/great-depression#ssa
- http://www.ssa.gov/history/orghist.html
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- http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/treasures_of_congress/text/page19_text.html
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