<P> In the Second New Deal , the Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14 , 1935 . The act laid the groundwork for the modern welfare system in the United States , with its primary focus to provide aid for the elderly , the unemployed , and children . Industrialization and the urbanization in the 19th Century created many new social problems , and transformed ideas of how society and the government should function together because of them . As industry expanded , cities grew quickly to keep up with demand for labor . Tenement houses were built quickly and poorly , cramming new migrants from farms and Southern and Eastern European immigrants into tight and unhealthy spaces . Work spaces were even more unsafe . In 1890 , Jacob Riis wrote that `` the quick change of economic conditions in the city ... often out paces all plans of relief . '' </P>
<P> In the Second New Deal , the Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14 , 1935 . The act laid the groundwork for the modern welfare system in the United States , with its primary focus to provide aid for the elderly , the unemployed , and children . Industrialization and the urbanization in the 19th Century created many new social problems , and transformed ideas of how society and the government should function together because of them . As industry expanded , cities grew quickly to keep up with demand for labor . Tenement houses were built quickly and poorly , cramming new migrants from farms and Southern and Eastern European immigrants into tight and unhealthy spaces . Work spaces were even more unsafe . In 1890 , Jacob Riis wrote that `` the quick change of economic conditions in the city ... often out paces all plans of relief . '' </P>
the social security act which was part of the new deal legislation
the social security act which was part of the new deal legislation
Second New Deal ,
Second New Deal ,