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

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