History A-Level
Welfare and social provision
What Welfare and social provision means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Welfare and social provision
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Social Security Act 1935 created federal old-age pensions, unemployment insurance funded by payroll taxes, and grants to states for dependent children and the blind, though farm and domestic workers were excluded.
Topics that use Welfare and social provision
- Depression and New Deal, 1929–38 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Economic collapse and its human consequences
- Federal response to economic crisis
- Government and organised crime
- Labour rights and industrial conflict
- Limits of voluntarism and limited government
- Political and constitutional opposition
- Poverty and public perception
- Protectionism and international trade
Using Welfare and social provision in the exam
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