FDR Signs Social Security Act - August 14, 1935
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, into law, the Social Security Act, today, in the year, 1935.
He was concerned for the young people in this country, because he felt they needed a type of support when they 'came to old age'. He also was working to help unemployment, as this was in the midst of the Great Depression, the worst economic crisis our nation had ever experienced.
Source: History.com-FDR Signs Social Security Act
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