G.I. Bill
Laws
Changes in education because of WWII
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The GI Bill helped veterans to attend these types of schools.
What are training programs, colleges, universities and graduate schools?
100
This law provided educational benefits for soldiers returning from the war
What is the G.I. Bill?
100
After WWII, the US began to invest less in this
What is the education system?
100
This former WWII soldier and writer published over 60 books for children after the war
Who is Dr. Seuss?
200
This number of veterans have been helped by the G.I. Bill
What is 7.8 million?
200
This U.N. document declared that the right to education is a fundamental human right
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
200
School enrollment dropped for this group after veterans restarted their education after the war.
What are women?
200
Schools were more likely to have this class during and after WWII
What is gym class?
300
This Bill is formally known as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
What is the G.I. Bill?
300
This 1957 event made the US prioritize science and math education through the National Defense Education Act
What is the launch of sputnik?
300
After WWII, the American education system focused more on this instead of the liberal arts
What are science and medicine?
300
After the war, Japan changed its educational system with the help of this country
What is the USA
400
The G.I. Bill helps veterans who have been in an active war for at least this long
What is 90 days?
400
This 1954 Supreme Court case ended legal school segregation
What is Brown V Board of Education?
400
Colleges focused less on academics and more on this after WWII
What is job training?
400
After WWII the USA had to build more schools to make room for this group of people born after the war
What is the baby boomer generation?
500
The original version of the G.I. Bill ended in this year
What is 1956?
500
This 1965 act provided federal funding for K through 12 education, especially for low income students.
What is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act?
500
After WWII, the US government stopped investing in school and care for this group of people
What are babies and young children?
500
The USA created this plan to help rebuild Europe, including schools after the war
What is the Marshall Plan