What Was a Major Limitation of the GI Bill of Rights

question 59

Multiple Choice

What was a major limitation of the GI Bill of Rights of 1944?

• A)The bill failed to address veteran unemployment and only included subsidized health care for the first year.
• B)Many African American veterans did not benefit because most colleges and universities were segregated and did not accept black students.
• C)The bill failed to take into account any questions about where veterans would live when they returned from war, leaving many of all backgrounds homeless.
• D)The bill was only in effect during wartime, with programs being discontinued in the years after a war.
• E)The bill brought an influx of veterans into the workforce, resulting in a disruption to the economy in which a large number of seasoned workers lost their jobs.

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