the social security program was adopted during what event or period
A limited form of the Social Security program began as a measure to implement  social insurance  during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when poverty rates among senior citizens exceeded 50 percent.n 1937, 1938, and 1939, she paid a total of $24.75 into the Social Security System. Her first check was for $22.54. After her second check, Fuller already had received more than she contributed over the three-year period. She lived to be 100, and she collected a total of $22,888.92.