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

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