Dependent and Disability Pension Act
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The Dependent and Disability Pension Act was a landmark 1890 U.S. law that greatly expanded Civil War veterans’ pensions by granting benefits based on disability and dependency rather than solely on service-related injuries.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
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pension law → |
| aimedTo |
provide broader financial support to Union veterans and their families
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shift pension policy toward disability and dependency criteria → |
| appliesTo |
Union Civil War veterans
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dependent relatives of Union Civil War veterans → disabled Union Civil War veterans → |
| country |
United States
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| criterionForBenefits |
disability regardless of service connection
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financial dependency → |
| effect |
establishment of a quasi-universal pension for aging Union veterans
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significant increase in federal pension rolls → |
| expanded |
federal pension expenditures
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number of Union veterans receiving pensions → scope of Civil War pension eligibility → |
| focusesOn |
dependency-based benefits
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disability benefits → veterans' pensions → |
| historicalContext |
Gilded Age United States
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| historicalPeriod |
post–American Civil War era
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| influenced |
development of modern U.S. social welfare policies
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| legalBasisFor |
pensions for Union veterans with non-service-related disabilities
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pensions for dependent parents of Union Civil War veterans → pensions for minor children of Union Civil War veterans → pensions for widows of Union Civil War veterans → |
| partOf |
United States veterans benefits system
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| predecessorOf |
later 20th-century U.S. veterans disability programs
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| relatedTo |
Civil War pension system
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Grand Army of the Republic → Republican Party veterans' policy in the late 19th century → |
| replacedSystemBasedOn |
service-related injuries only
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| subjectOf |
historical studies of U.S. pension policy
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scholarship on Civil War veterans and the welfare state → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Benjamin Harrison
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signed |