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Why did FDR sign the Social Security Act in 1935 as a part of the second New Deal? Question 1 options: Roosevelt was concerned t

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zloy xaker [14]3 years ago
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To make more jobs available by having the elderly to retire and hand their jobs down to the younger workers. this way more money can be handed back into the economy with people now working for a salary<span />
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