Promise
Create old-age insurance and unemployment protections through Social Security
Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, establishing a foundational federal social-insurance structure even though major exclusions initially left many Black workers outside full coverage.
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Status
Delivered
Topic
Economic Policy / Social Insurance
Actions
2
Outcomes
1
Impact Context
Documented outcome directions: Mixed.
Promise Text
Roosevelt called for a federal system of old-age insurance and unemployment protections to reduce economic insecurity and provide a national baseline of social insurance.
Evidence and Linked Records
Social Security Act of 1935
Policy • Law
Government Benefits and the Racial Gap
Explainer • Economics
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Sources
Social Security Administration • Government
Social Security Administration • Government
Social Security Administration • Government