The Social Security Act (SSA) was in keeping with his other âNew Dealâ programs, including the establishment of the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps, which attempted to hoist America out of the Great Depression by putting Americans back to work.
Definition of slate for English Language Learners. : 1  a type of hard rock that splits easily into thin layers. : 2  a small sheet of slate in a wooden frame that was used in schools in the past for writing on with chalk. : 3  a piece of slate that is used with others to cover a roof or wall.
âclean slateâ which is written on by experience. âOnly as a person encounters reality does he or she. begin to accumulate experiences and thereby build a characteristic way of reacting to the world, that is, a. personalityâ (Funder, 479).