Which president signed the Social Security Act into law in 1935?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The answer was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935.
This answer is checked against Social Security Administration - Historical Development.
A good question makes the wrong answers feel close. Here is the clean read on the set.
- Herbert Hoover - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt - correct answer.
- Harry S. Truman - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the one to remember. President Franklin D. The original law created national old-age benefits and a federal-state unemployment insurance system.
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Sources: Social Security Administration - Historical Development