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The Social Security Act (1935) provided for: a pension for retired and disabled workers ("Social Security"); Aid to Dependent Children (ADC, later Aid to Families with Dependent Children, AFDC, still later Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, TANF); Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled; and unemployment insurance benefits.

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The Great Depression, and subsequent poverty/death among the elderly.

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