G.I. Bill

(noun)

A law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans. It was available to every veteran who had been on active duty during the war years for at least 90 days and had not been dishonorably discharged. Combat was not required.

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(noun)

A law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). Benefits included low-cost mortgages, loans to start a business or farm, cash payments of tuition, and living expenses to attend college, high school or vocational education, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. It was available to every veteran who had been on active duty during the war years for at least ninety days and had not been dishonorably discharged. Combat was not required. By the end of the program in 1956, roughly 2.2 million veterans had used the G.I. Bill education benefits in order to attend colleges or universities. An additional 6.6 million used these benefits for some kind of training program.

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(noun)

A law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans, who were commonly referred to as G.I.s.

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Examples of G.I. Bill in the following topics:

  • The G.I. Bill of Rights

    • The G.I.
    • An important provision of the G.I.
    • Although the G.I.
    • Of the first 67,000 mortgages insured by the G.I.
    • The success of the 1944 G.I.

  • The Baby Boom

    • To facilitate the integration process, Congress passed the G.I.
    • Bill of Rights.
    • This bill encouraged homeownership and investment in higher education through the distribution of loans to veterans at low or no interest rates.
    • By the time of the program's end in 1956, roughly 2.2 million veterans had used the G.I.
    • Bill benefits to attend college, and 6.6 million had used them for some kind of training program, which led to an increase in skills and therefore higher family incomes.

  • Peacetime Economy

    • . $200 billion in war bonds matured, and the G.I.
    • Bill financed a well-educated work force.

  • The Revival of Domesticity and Religion

    • To facilitate the integration process, Congress passed the G.I.
    • Bill of Rights.
    • This bill encouraged home ownership and investment in higher education through the distribution of loans to veterans at low or no interest rates.
    • The G.I.
    • Bill enabled record numbers of people to finish high school and attend college.

  • Conclusion: Post-War America

    • To facilitate the integration process, Congress passed the G.I.
    • Bill of Rights.
    • This bill encouraged home ownership and investment in higher education through the distribution of loans to veterans at low or no interest rates.
    • The G.I.
    • Bill enabled record numbers of people to finish high school and attend college.

  • The Roosevelt Administration

    • One of the major FDR's war-related legacies at home was the 1944 G.I.
    • Bill of Rights, which provided a wide range of benefits for returning veterans.
    • Organized labor, urban working class, including white ethnic communities (e.g.

  • Peacetime Politics

    • The minimum wage had also been increased while Social Security benefits had been doubled, and 8 million veterans had attended college by the end of the Truman administration as a result of the G.I.
    • Bill, which subsidized the businesses, training, education, and housing of millions of returning veterans.

  • The Fair Deal

    • Truman's multitudinous proposed measures included federal aid to education, a large tax cut for low-income earners, the abolition of poll taxes, an anti-lynching law, a permanent FEPC, a farm aid program, increased public housing, an immigration bill, new TVA-style public works projects, the establishment of a new Department of Welfare, the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, an increase in the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour, national health insurance, expanded Social Security coverage and a $4 billion tax increase to reduce the national debt and finance these programs.
    • The minimum wage had also been increased while Social Security benefits had been doubled, and 8 million veterans had attended college by the end of the Truman administration as a result of the G.I.
    • Bill, which subsidized the businesses, training, education, and housing of millions of returning veterans.

  • Latino Rights

    • In 1949 and 1950, the American G.I.

  • Harding's Policies

    • President Warren G.
    • After World War I, 300,000 wounded veterans were in need of hospitalization, medical care, and job training.
    • Known as the Dyer Bill, the measure passed the House of Representatives on January 26, 1922, but was defeated in the Senate by a Democratic filibuster.
    • The bill was at least a step in the right direction, as Congress had not debated a civil rights bill since the 1890 Federal Elections Bill.
    • In another national controversy, Harding clashed with veterans over the issue of providing bonus payments for those who served in World War I, instead favoring a future pension system.