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