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crobinson2013

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The Social Security Act, which was part of the New Deal legislation,
 
  a. gave pensions to the retired, as advocated by the Townsend Plan.
  b. was instituted as a means-tested program to provide welfare benefits for children in poverty.
  c. initially was introduced as a means-tested program to provide welfare benefits to poor elderly.
  d. paid pensions to elderly out of sums collected from workers.

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The Townsend Plan was significant because it
 
  a. was a means-tested system to provided the poor with monetary assistance.
  b. was the forerunner of Food Stamps.
  c. established the Job Corps, which provided training and employment for unemployed adults.
  d. provided the model for a later program of old-age assistance.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: d



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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