[DOC] [TLE] Social Security: A Program and Policy History [PAR] This Act provided for unemployment insurance, old-age insurance, and ... In 1977
, amendments to the Act corrected the flawed benefit formula and made other 
changes in the financing of the system to shore up the program. .... Again, though, 
the 1935 Act set a basic framework for today's Social Security program, whereby
... [DOC] [TLE] The Development of Social Security in America [PAR] The problem of economic security in old age was not as pressing in .... It 
promised every American aged 60 or older a retirement benefit of $200 per 
monthat a time .... The second problem with the start-up of pension systems is 
that early .... The Social Security Act of 1935 set the start payroll taxes in 1937 
and the start of... [DOC] [TLE] Social Security History [PAR] In medieval Europe, the feudal system was the basis of economic security, with 
the feudal lord .... Civil War Pensions: America's First "Social Security" Program ... 
In 1906, old-age was made a sufficient qualification for benefits. .... of the Social 
Security Act, so that 30 states had some form of old-age pension program by 
1935. [DOC] [TLE] Old Age Pensions: A Brief History - Social Welfare History Project [PAR] Old age was a long term rather than a transitory condition. ... members and 
shortly afterwards began to experiment with retirement benefit systems. About the 
same time, first the railroads, then a few of the large corporations, set up private 
pension ... categorical assistance programs later included in the Social Security 
Act. [DOC] [TLE] Social Security (United States) - Wikipedia [PAR] In the United States, Social Security is primarily the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) federal program. Social Security is funded through payroll taxes called Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax (FICA) or Self Employed Contributions Act Tax (SECA). [DOC] [TLE] History of Social Security in the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] The Act was an attempt to limit what were seen as dangers in the modern 
American life, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens of 
widows... [DOC] [TLE] BRIA 14 3 a How Welfare Began in the United States - Constitutional ... [PAR] The 1920s in America seemed like an age of endless prosperity. ... Desperate 
times began to put into question the old American notion that if a man ... By 1935, 
a national welfare system had been established for the first time in American 
history. ... 1935, Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. It set up a federal 
retirement... [DOC] [TLE] Our Documents - Social Security Act (1935) [PAR] Citation: An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of ... "
Unemployed insured workers registering for jobs and filing benefit claims at a ... 
On August 14, 1935, the Social Security Act established a system of old-age ... 
The act created a uniquely American solution to the problem of old-age pensions. [DOC] [TLE] Social Security  Just Facts [PAR] The Social Security Act of 1935 set the initial tax rate at 2% (employee and .... 
Social Security is the largest source of income for most elderly Americans today, 
but ... $32,000/year must pay income taxes on up to 50% of their old-age benefits. 
...... An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal... [DOC] [TLE] Social Security Act | United States [1935] | Britannica.com [PAR] Franklin D. Roosevelt set up a committee on economic security to consider the ... 
Congress in 1935 enacted the Social Security Act, providing old-age benefits to 
... the system, and adjusting both taxes and benefits in an attempt to keep pace... [DOC] [TLE] Franklin D. Roosevelt: Domestic AffairsMiller Center [PAR] With this collection of advisers, FDR set up his White House staff. ... The benefits 
of this system were that FDR received political and policy advice from a range .... 
Finally, in August, FDR signed the Social Security Act of 1935. ... (often African-
American women) were not eligible for old-

Question: This 1935 act set up a system of old-age benefits for Americans
Answer: Social Security Act