What Was True of the Social Security Act of 1935

question 7

Multiple Choice

What was true of the Social Security Act of 1935?

• A) The act's unemployment compensation system was fully funded by workers and received no contributions from employers and no tax revenues.
• B) The law covered farm workers and domestic servants as well as blue- and white-collar workers.
• C) Workers and employers, not the government, paid for old-age benefits.
• D) The more workers earned, the higher rate of tax they paid.

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