CHM Revolution

Date

1931 ca.

Credit Line

Courtesy of the National Archives, photo 306-NT-165.319c

Copyright Owner

© United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Keywords

Social Security; Great Depression

Object ID

500004198

Social Security was one of several programs created in the 1930s as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” to stimulate recovery during the Great Depression. Social Security provided retirement, unemployment, and death benefits, although various exclusions exempted nearly half the working population.