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Use the following resources to help you learn and complete the Guided Notes.
Guided Notes
According to the Preamble, what was the purpose of the Social Security Act?
According to the Video - Here's How the Great Depression..., write down 2 things you learned while watching.
According to the Video - How Social Security Works, write down 2 questions you have after watching
Use the following resources to help you learn and complete the Guided Notes.
- Read the Preamble to the Social Security Act
- Watch the two videos below
- Video - Here's How the Great Depression Brought on Social Security (3min)
- Video - How Social Security Works (19min)
Guided Notes
According to the Preamble, what was the purpose of the Social Security Act?
According to the Video - Here's How the Great Depression..., write down 2 things you learned while watching.
According to the Video - How Social Security Works, write down 2 questions you have after watching
Social Security Act of 1935
The Social Security Act (Act of August 14, 1935) [H. R. 7260]
PREAMBLE
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
The Social Security Act (Act of August 14, 1935) [H. R. 7260]
PREAMBLE
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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