That, my friend. Is a good question. The Veterans mostly did get GI bills. They of course did get homes (Unless they were stupid) They got them on their own. It's still the USA of course, gotta get stuff done yourself.
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Even though he has no knowledge of snow, Jonas enjoys sledding down a hill. The previous Receiver, who is now The Giver, tells Jonas that snow and hills used to exist before the community went to Climate Control and Sameness.
Many northern people believed that "its economic focus should become industrial rather than agricultural," since many people in the North were opposed to slavery, which was the dominant driving force of the agricultural economy.