The correct answer is the Social Security Act of 1935.
Before this time period, giving financial assistance to elderly individuals was a policy left up to the local and state governments. However, due to the national impact of the Great Depression, Roosevelt knew he needed to help the millions of elderly American citizens who suffered during this era. This is where the Social Security Act comes in.
This act allows the federal government to give direct financial assistance to elderly American citizens. Along with this, it gave benefits to people injured in industrial accidents and mothers who had dependents.
Answer:
The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was to decide how America was going to be governed. Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans.
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I would say that President Thomas Jefferson would have desired the revolution to fail. On the one had, Saint Domingue independence from France was good news, for it debilitated the French. But on the other hand, the triumph of a slave revolution in the West Indies would set a dangerous precedent and could influence further slave revolts in the USA.
Jefferson - who was a slave owner himself - refused to recognize the negro government, rejecting diplomatic relations and even imposed an economic embargo on Saint Domingue in order to make the negro nation fail. Also, he had to face southern slave-holders reaction against the Saint Domingue in fear of similar outbreaks. Previous incidents like the Gabriel slave conspiracy in 1802 fueled this fear.
Question 4 (1 point)
From the article U.S. History
The origins of the U.S. Army in the American Revolution, which of the following
answer choices BEST describes the reaction of Congress to Washington and Knox's
recommendations?
O Congress responded by increasing the size of the regular army in order to defend
frontier states and passing the Militia Act to give those state militias more power
to train and defend themselves.
O Congress responded by disbanding most of the regular army and passing the
Militia Act because it feared that their recommendations would give more power
to the federal government than the states.
O Congress responded by expanding the regular army in order to fight the War of
1812 and using the Militia Act to order states to send their forces to defend the
capital.
O Congress responded by eliminating the existing regular army and using the
Militia Act to force states to increase training of independent troops for defense.
Explanation:
O Congress responded by eliminating the existing regular army and using the
Militia Act to force states to increase training of independent troops for defense.
On June 21, 1788, the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it.
