What is Social Security Act?
[[File:Signing Of The Social Security Act.jpg|thumb|President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]] signs the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssa.gov/history/1930.html |title=History 1930 |publisher= [[Social Security Administration]] |access-date= May 21, 2009}}</ref>]] The '''Social Security Act of 1935''' is a law enacted by the [[74th United States Congress]] and signed into law by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. The law created the [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] program as well as insurance against [[unemployment in the United States|unemployment]]. The law was part of Roosevelt's [[New Deal]] domestic program. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Franklin D. Roosevelt]] [[Category:United States federal legislation]] {{US-stub}}