New Deal- Unions & Social Security Act
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New Deal- Unions & Social Security Act
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10.2 Reforms for Workers & Senior Citizens
•The Wagner Act, or Natl. Labor Relations Act (1935) guarantees workers the right to unionize
NRLB- power to investigate employers
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Multiple Choice
The Wagner Act was important because it allowed:
Workermen's Compensation
Workers to organize unions
Unemployment insurance
workers to get 2 weeks vacation
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10.2 Reforms for Workers & Senior Citizens
Efforts to organize all workers- skilled & unskilled
Successful strikes led autoworker and steel worker unions
1933-1939 Union membership tripled from 3 to 9 million
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Multiple Choice
What types of strikes were used to prevent replacement workers from being brought in?
wildcat strikes
boycott strikes
sitdown strikes
arbitrary strikes
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10.2 Reforms for Workers & Senior Citizens
The Social Security Act provided financial security for older Americans, unemployed workers
Workers & employers pay in to system, people can collect at 65
Critics didn't like it because it forced workers to participate
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Multiple Choice
The Social Security Act was probably the most important piece of legislation ever passed by Congress.
True
False
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10.2 Reforms for Older Americans
Not all workers included in the SS Act: farm work & domestic workers not included
SS changes role of govt.- entitlements
SS continues today, & is an important safety net for older, disabled & unemployed Americans
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Multiple Choice
The Social Security Act did not include domestic and farm workers because:
it was intended to discriminate against African-Americans
their pay could not be calculated
their work was seasonal
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Multiple Choice
In the 1950's the Social Security Act was amended to include:
housewives & homemakers
undocumented immigrants
dosmestic & farm workers
African-Americans
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Did this help you understand the purpose of the Social Security Act?
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