<P> The Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 created the dole system of payments for unemployed workers . The dole system provided 39 weeks of unemployment benefits to over 11 million workers -- practically the entire civilian working population except domestic service , farm workers , railroad men , and civil servants . </P>
<P> The Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 created the dole system of payments for unemployed workers . The dole system provided 39 weeks of unemployment benefits to over 11 million workers -- practically the entire civilian working population except domestic service , farm workers , railroad men , and civil servants . </P>
when was the federal law providing benefits for the unemployed passed
when was the federal law providing benefits for the unemployed passed
1920
1920