1. what did the social security act hope to accomplish? 2. what is its role today?

1: provides for the general welfare by a system of old-age benefits and allows states to make more accommodations for old people, blind people, Special Children, pregnant ladies, health and unemployed people

2: Accommodating the above people and beneficiaries for old people

The Social Security Act of 1935 sought to provide Americans, many of whom had been hit hard economically in the Great Depression, with a sense of well-being and hope for the future. It sought to fight against the perils of unemployment, old age, and losing one's spouse. The act still accomplishes this goal to this very day.