Post World War II Domestic Policies / Issues

Match the following

• GI Bill

• 
• Interstate Highway Act

• 
• Rock and Roll

• 
• Housing Boom

• 
• Jonas Salk

• 

A baby (a)   happened when soldiers returned home from WWII.

In the 1950's there was pressue to follow (a)   , or be the same as other people.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) GI Bill

,

(b) Generation Gap

• values and morals changed

• parents and teenagers didn't understand each other

• free education

• help starting a business

• rock and roll was new & different music

• housing loans

President Truman's executive order 9981 integrated black and white (a)   in the military so they would have fair and equal treatment.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Executive Order 9066

,

(b) Executive Order 9981

• during World War II

• President Roosevelt was afraid Japanese Americans would be spies

• President Truman understood the racism in the military

• integrated black and white soldiers

• President Truman wanted equality for all soldiers

• Japanese Americans went to internment camps

Free university education, subsidized home loans, and other benefits were part of:

• The Social Security Act

• The G.I. Bill

• The National Defense Education Act

• The National Atlantic Treaty Organization

Reorder the following

• Baby Boom

• World War II ended with the atomic bombs dropped on Japan.

• Soldiers came home and were helped by the GI Bill

• Housing Boom

President (a)   integrated the military.

What was passed by Congress shortly before the end of World War II that provided economic aid to veterans?

• The GI Bill

• Child Tax Credits

• The Airmen Bill

• The Doughboy Bill