“young people have come to wonder what would be their lot when they came to old age. the man with a job has wondered how long the job would last.”
which of the following best describes the people to whom roosevelt is referring?
the young, the retired, and the unemployed
the physically disabled and the unemployed
poor fathers and their children
accident victims, the unemployed, and the retired

Option: The young, the retired, and the unemployed

Explanation:

This statement was given by the Roosevelt when he was declaring Social Security Act into law. Social Security, Medical care have been an issue in the 1930s it was the most discussed topic among the parties in America. The main specification of the Social Security Act in Roosevelt time was to help the retirees over 65 ages with financial benefits based on existence pay tax contributions.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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