In 1943, Congress imposed a withholding system on taxpayers
Federal income tax was withheld from workers pay and sent directly to the U.S. Treasury
The number of taxpayers jumped from 4 million in 1939 to 42.7 million in 1945.
In 1944, Congress passed the Servicemens ReadJustment Act. The G.I. Bill, as it was called,
made low-cost loans to veterans who wanted to buy homes or start businesses.
Racial segregation was no longer acceptable to returning African American Soldiers.
Women who had experienced a new sense of freedom and independance were not ready to leave the
workplace and to return to the homemaker roles that had been their only option before the war. And,new inventions were releasing women from many of the time-consuming "homemaking" responsibilities.
- In 1943, Congress imposed a withholding system on taxpayers
Federal income tax was withheld from workers pay and sent directly to the U.S. TreasuryThe number of taxpayers jumped from 4 million in 1939 to 42.7 million in 1945.
- In 1944, Congress passed the Servicemens ReadJustment Act. The G.I. Bill, as it was called,
made low-cost loans to veterans who wanted to buy homes or start businesses.- Women who had experienced a new sense of freedom and independance were not ready to leave the
workplace and to return to the homemaker roles that had been their only option before the war. And,new inventions were releasing women from many of the time-consuming "homemaking" responsibilities.Click here for larger version