Social+effects+of+WWII


 * Social effects of WWII ||
 * In 1943, Congess imposed a withholding system on taxpayers. Federal income tax was withhled from workers' pay and sent directly to the U.S. Treasury. The number of taxpayers jumped from 4 million in 1939 to 42.7 in 1945. ||
 * In 1944, Congress passed the Serviceman's Readjustment Act, The G.I. bill, as it was called, made low-cost loans to veterans who wanted to buy homes or start businesses. ||
 * The G.I. Bill also gave all returning soldiers an opportunity for a college education, which, in turn, changed job availability and heralded a new working middle class. ||
 * Racial segregation was no longer acceptable to returning African American soldiers. ||