Name: HIS 114 Final Project Milestone Three Rubric
Milestone One
Thesis Statement:
The great depression left the worker with no mean of subsistence, Help from family, friends or community institutions were not adequate., and The government didn’t have any structure on place to provide proper assistant. all factor into that A creation of a tax payroll system provide government assistant through diverse welfare program..
Event Description:
“The Great Depression, witch
began in 1929, hit American hard. By 1933, more than a quarter of the
population was looking for works. Farms, foreclosed upon by banks, were
shutting down by the thousands”. (Trowbridge, 2016, p. 1.24)The U.S.
Congress enacted the Social Security Act, originally called the “Economic
Security Bill,” in August of 1935. The Act was aimed at giving older Americans
a pension that would provide them with a reasonable standard of living as they
aged. The Social Security Act was politically moderate. The agency created to
administer these benefits was to be funded by both employees and their employers,
as opposed to using funds collected from general tax money. (Landon, 1936)AN ACT to provide for the
general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by
enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons,
blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare,
public health, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws;
to establish a Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes.
(Social Security Act, 1935)
References
Landon, A. (1936). “I will not promise the moon.” Vital Speeches of the Day. 3(1), 26–27. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/8128
Social Security Act of 1935, 42 § 301, (1935). Retrieved from http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=68
Trowbridge, D. J. (2016). A history of the United States: 1865 to present. Asheville, NC: Soomo Learning. Available from http://www.webtexts.com
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