HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Economic Security
8 Jun 2016
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White males coming back from the war wanted their old jobs back. Owners said to keep the colored because they can pay less. Women"s roles: was a woman"s natural place in the home. What would that mean regarding practices and laws that enforced racial segregation: roosevelt"s economic bill of rights 1944. New deal social security and unemployment benefits (retained) New deal style funding for building infrastructure (retained) Federal $ for education and housing only for veterans. Expansion of state power to create a national health care system, housing policy (defeated: benefits for veterans. Gi bill of rights (1944) gi = war veterans. Created a welfare state but only for veterans. Sympathy and position of women to subordinate their own needs was what helped veterans live somewhat normal lives. Veterans benefits to colored people was still segregated so they could not get the housing loans or the job benefits.
