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  2. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Unemployment insurance in the United States, colloquially referred to as unemployment benefits, refers to social insurance programs which replace a portion of wages for individuals during unemployment. The first unemployment insurance program in the U.S. was created in Wisconsin in 1932, and the federal Social Security Act of 1935 created ...

  3. Employment and Social Insurance Act - Wikipedia

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    The Employment and Social Insurance Act (French: Loi sur le placement et les assurances sociales) was a statute enacted by the Parliament of Canada in 1935 during the final months of the government of R.B. Bennett. The Act was intended to introduce a nationwide employment insurance scheme, and also to convince voters that Bennett was willing to ...

  4. Social Security Act - Wikipedia

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    Helvering v. Davis. The Social Security Act of 1935 is a law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was part of Roosevelt's New Deal domestic program. By 1930, the United States was one ...

  5. Social programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1935: The Social Security Act was passed on June 17, 1935. The bill included direct relief (cash, food stamps, etc.) and changes for unemployment insurance. 1940: Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) was established. 1964: Johnson's War on Poverty is underway, and the Economic Opportunity Act was passed. Commonly known as "the Great ...

  6. History of Social Security in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Social Security Act was enacted August 14, 1935 (89 years ago). The Act was drafted during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term by the President's Committee on Economic Security, under Frances Perkins, and passed by Congress as part of the New Deal.

  7. Social Security: Understanding the Basics - AOL

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    A Very Brief History of Social Security. ... That all changed in 1935 when Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. The result of decades of progressive activism by labor leaders and ...

  8. Employment Development Department - Wikipedia

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    The act (Statutes 1935, chapter 352) was set up to provide "a (monetary) reserve to assist in protecting the public against the social effects of unemployment." The purpose of the department was to operate a statewide system of employment agencies and distribute the payment of unemployment insurance to eligible unemployed workers. [citation needed]

  9. 1935 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    It was in the 1935 speech were Roosevelt used the phrase "State of the Union", which began the common use of the term to describe the annual address. [2] A major focus was the creation of a social safety net, with Roosevelt emphasizing the need for unemployment insurance and old-age pensions, laying the foundation for the Social Security Act of ...