The creation ofa well-educated,skilled laborforce helped theU.S. economyas well.The governmentreduced the sizeof the U.S. militaryfrom a high of 12million in June1945 to 1.5 millionin JuneFree!Womencontinued tomake upapproximatelyone-third of theU.S. labor force. 1944, FranklinRoosevelt haddeclared an end tothe forcedrelocation ofJapaneseAmericans.Millions of womenworking the jobs ofmen who hadgone off to fightwere dismissed bytheir employers Many homeshad beenvandalizedand farmsdestroyed.Doctors warnedfiancées, wives,and mothers thatsoldiers mightreturn withpsychologicalproblemsWhen JapaneseAmericansreopened theirbusinesses,former customerssometimesboycotted themmany JapaneseAmericanfamilies choseto moveelsewhere. Not allveterans wereable to takeadvantage ofthe GI Bill.Two millionservicemen tookadvantage of thebenefits offeredby the GI Bill tocomplete college.Readjustmentto postwar lifewas difficult forthe returningtroops.Veteransworried thatthey wouldn’tfind work.TheServicemen’sReadjustmentAct, also knownas the GI BillThe U.S. Armyestimated thatas many of 20percent of itscasualties werepsychological.The creation ofa well-educated,skilled laborforce helped theU.S. economyas well.The governmentreduced the sizeof the U.S. militaryfrom a high of 12million in June1945 to 1.5 millionin JuneFree!Womencontinued tomake upapproximatelyone-third of theU.S. labor force. 1944, FranklinRoosevelt haddeclared an end tothe forcedrelocation ofJapaneseAmericans.Millions of womenworking the jobs ofmen who hadgone off to fightwere dismissed bytheir employers Many homeshad beenvandalizedand farmsdestroyed.Doctors warnedfiancées, wives,and mothers thatsoldiers mightreturn withpsychologicalproblemsWhen JapaneseAmericansreopened theirbusinesses,former customerssometimesboycotted themmany JapaneseAmericanfamilies choseto moveelsewhere. Not allveterans wereable to takeadvantage ofthe GI Bill.Two millionservicemen tookadvantage of thebenefits offeredby the GI Bill tocomplete college.Readjustmentto postwar lifewas difficult forthe returningtroops.Veteransworried thatthey wouldn’tfind work.TheServicemen’sReadjustmentAct, also knownas the GI BillThe U.S. Armyestimated thatas many of 20percent of itscasualties werepsychological.

The Challenges of Peacetime - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. The creation of a well-educated, skilled labor force helped the U.S. economy as well.
  2. The government reduced the size of the U.S. military from a high of 12 million in June 1945 to 1.5 million in June
  3. Free!
  4. Women continued to make up approximately one-third of the U.S. labor force.
  5. 1944, Franklin Roosevelt had declared an end to the forced relocation of Japanese Americans.
  6. Millions of women working the jobs of men who had gone off to fight were dismissed by their employers
  7. Many homes had been vandalized and farms destroyed.
  8. Doctors warned fiancées, wives, and mothers that soldiers might return with psychological problems
  9. When Japanese Americans reopened their businesses, former customers sometimes boycotted them
  10. many Japanese American families chose to move elsewhere.
  11. Not all veterans were able to take advantage of the GI Bill.
  12. Two million servicemen took advantage of the benefits offered by the GI Bill to complete college.
  13. Readjustment to postwar life was difficult for the returning troops.
  14. Veterans worried that they wouldn’t find work.
  15. The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, also known as the GI Bill
  16. The U.S. Army estimated that as many of 20 percent of its casualties were psychological.