Understanding Taxes - Assessment: The Social Security Act of 1935

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The first beneficiaries of the Social Security Act

What FICA stands for

If a payroll tax is compulsory, then it is _____

Money that is withheld from your paycheck is _____

Another way to describe how payroll taxes are collected

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The program that provides income to retired and disabled workers and the unemployed

President Roosevelt's program for providing work to unemployed people

The first woman cabinet member and designer of Social Security

The compulsory payroll tax that funds Social Security

The term for money that employers hold back from employees' paychecks

Theme 2: Taxes in U.S. HistoryLesson 4: The Social Security Act of 1935