The GI Bill eased many veterans’ return by providing them with unemployment compensation, low-interest loans, and money to further their education; however, African American, Mexican American, and gay veterans were… President Harry Truman attempted to extend Roosevelt’s New Deal with his own Fair Deal, which had the goal of improving wages, housing, and healthcare, and protecting the rights of African Americans.

The Cold War heated up as both the United States and Soviet Union struggled for world dominance. Servicemen and women returned to civilian life, and all hoped the prosperity of the war years would continue.

Cold War — the prolonged period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, based on ideological conflicts and competition for military, economic, social, and technological…. GI Bill — a program that gave substantial benefits to those who served in World War II. Fair Deal — President Harry Truman’s program of economic and social reform. states’ rights — the political belief that states possess authority beyond federal law, which is usually seen as the supreme law of the land, and thus can act in opposition to federal law.