What is the GI Bill?

What is the GI Bill?

TN Standard: US.71 Analyze the impact of prosperity and consumerism in the 1950s, including: the growth of white-collar jobs, the “suburban ideal,” the impact of the G.I. Bill, and the increased reliance on foreign oil.

FDR signs the Servicemen's Readjustment Act June 22, 1944.

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act offered veterans a year of unemployment pay after their homecoming; guaranties for loans to purchase homes, businesses, or farms; and tuition and living stipends for college or vocational programs.

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's ​

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Act on June 22, 1944. Commonly known as the ​

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, this act offered veterans a year of ​

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pay after they returned from war.

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Readjustment

GI Bill

unemployment

Benefits

Restrictive

Veteran's Administration

Reorder

Reorder the following (from the first 1 to the last 4) based on the order the events occured.

• Roosevelt signs the GI Bill.

• Japan surrenders to the Allies.

• 500,000 Americans earn college degrees.

• The Civil Rights Movement erupts.

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2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Match

Match the following

Veterans were entitled to $500 per year.

The GI Bill was directed by the VA.

The many choices available to GIs.

The Government backed veterans' loans.

Veterans received $20 a week.

• Veterans were entitled to $500 per year.

• The GI Bill was directed by the VA.

• The many choices available to GIs.

• The Government backed veterans' loans.

• Veterans received $20 a week.

Multiple Choice

After feeling frustrated about their exclusion from the GI Bill's benefits, many African Americans would eventually join which of the following movements?

• Prohibition Movement
• Civil Rights Movement
• Labor Rights Movement
• Women's Suffrage Movement

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