History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1802 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The GI Bill
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The idea
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act, the GI Bill, signed by Roosevelt on June twenty-second, nineteen forty-four, funded veterans' education and offered low-interest loans for homes and businesses.
In practice
The Labor Department's wartime estimate, in the National Archives' account, of fifteen million veterans facing unemployment after the war.
Where people slip
The bill passed both chambers of Congress unanimously, the National Archives records.
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