America Struggles with Postwar Issues

The G.I. Bill of Rights gave veterans ______ for education, home loans, and other benefits.

• candy

• suburb

• funds

• permission

A wave of births after World War II.

• credit card

• baby boom

• veteran

• suburb

After World War II, when the men came home and took back their jobs, most women....

• worked as housewives and mothers

• continued to work in the factories with the men

• took jobs as nurses to help with the wounded soldiers

• made more money than the men did

By the end of the decade, what percentage of Americans owned their own home?

• 25%

• 50%

• 55%

• 60%

The trends in this list all occurred as a result of

• an increase in immigration after World War II.

• the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• reductions in peacetime defense spending.

• economic prosperity following World War II.

The years between 1945 and 1964 when 76 million babies were born in the United States ​ (a)  

• Veteran

• Baby Boom

• Credit Card

• G.I. Bill of Rights

• Suburb

Congress passed this, which authorized the construction of a national network of highways to connect every major city in America. The new system replaced the railroad network as the principal way of transporting goods and boosted economic development.

• G.I. Bill

• Truman Doctrine

• National Interstate and Defense Highway Act

• Marshall Plan

During the late 1940s and through the early 1960s the birthrate in the U.S. soared

• Baby Boom

• Millinials

• Freedome Time

• Population Boom

What was the first "instant suburb" called?

• Chinatown

• Williamtown

• Levittown

• Suburbtown

What was the primary purpose of the G.I. Bill of Rights after World War II?

• To provide candy to veterans

• To fund education and home loans for veterans

• To create suburbs

• To grant permission for veterans to travel