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 * GI BILL**

The GI Bill, originally known as Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was created to provide opportunities for World War 2 veterans. The bill was signed by President Roosevelt on June 22, 1944. It provided federal aid to help veterans adjust to current life, give them good housing, eduction, and business. This act provided tuition, subsistence, books and supplies, equipment, etc... for veterans to advance in their education in school. The bill had expired in July 1956 and the bill had been revised many times and now currently the Post 9/11 GI-Bill is in effect.

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act included the following:

1. Subsidies for educational materials.

2. Veterans were able to go to the school of their choice.

3. Colleges were free to admit those who met the admission requirements.

The GI Bill gave birth to the modern middle class today. Military men were eager to learn and this caused school to expand. The classrooms were full and the teachers couldn't fit every student in the classrooms.This caused schools to massively expand and housing to be better. After the war 20% of all house bought were by veterans. Nearly 2.3 million veterans took part in the program during the Korean War era and more than 8 million during the Vietnam era. Post 9/11 Bill: The GI Bill is the education program since the first GI was made in 1944. This GI Bill’s benefits are tuition and fees, not exceeding the most expensive in-state undergraduate tuition at a public institution of higher learning in the state you are attending school. You get to have a monthly housing allowance equal to the basic allowance for housing payable to an E-5 with dependents but this has to be in the same zip code as the school you will be attending, this bill will also pay for this person to get books and supplies up to $1,000 per year. To receive the maximum benefits you have to serve at the least of 30 – 36 months. If you served the 90 day or the 6 months you can receive partial benefits. African Americans and the Bill The G.I bill didn’t provide as many benefits for the blacks affected by it as it did for their white counterpart. Not only did blacks face [|discrimination] once they returned home after the war, the poverty that most blacks faced during the[| 1940s] and 1950s represented another hurdle in their path to utilizing the benefits of the G.I. Bill because it made it problematic for them to seek an education when labor and income were needed at home. But it did have positive affects such as the bill did provide a more level playing field for blacks than the one they faced during the [|Reconstruction] period.

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