Question 1
In 1974, the Supplemental Security Act was passed which Created Supplemental Security Income federalizing:
◦ Block grants to states to provide for cost of providing disability income.
◦ Old age insurance, aid to the blind and aid to the temporary and permanently disabled.
◦ All state programs designed to provide pensions to widows and mothers with children under 3.
◦ Aid to families with dependent children and worker compensation.
Question 2
During the Reagan administration, Native Americans were particularly hard hit by his policies as unemployment reached 80% on reservations for all but the following reasons:
◦ Lack of eligibility for state social services or support.
◦ An insistence by their elders to remain on the reservation.
◦ Migration to urban areas.
◦ Leasing of tribal land to white families.