GI BILL OF RIGHTS JUNE 1944 GI BILL OF RIGHTS EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION HEALTH/SAFETY WORLD WAR II U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION IN JUNE 1944 CONGRESS PASSED THE SERVICEMEN'S READJUSTMENT ACT MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE GI BILL OF RIGHTS THIS ACT WAS CREATED TO EASE TRANSITION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM WARTIME TO PEACE FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II IT PROVIDED MANY BENEFITS FOR VETERANS SUCH AS LOW INTEREST MORTGAGES BUSINESS LOANS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THE U.S GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY FOR VETERANS TUITION FEES BOOKS AND LIVING EXPENSES FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE THE GI BILL LED TO A BOOM IN HIGHER EDUCATION IT ALSO ESTABLISHED VETERANS HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THE LEGISLATION ACCELERATED A POSTWAR BOOM IN DEMAND FOR GOODS AND SERVICES CONGRESS PASSED SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN 1952 FOR VETERANS OF THE KOREAN WAR AND IN 1966 FOR VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR NON COMBAT MILITARY VETERANS ALSO RECEIVED BENEFITS
