If you were a veteran of the U.S. Civil War, you might have returned home injured, unable to work, and traumatized by what you had seen. As noted in your text, you would have survived a mortality rate of 43%–52% but would nevertheless be in economic and perhaps physical distress. What assistance would be available to you, and would that assistance be the same if you were a Union or Confederate veteran?

For this Discussion, you analyze the aid options for veterans after the U.S. Civil War and consider whether they align with the idea of social justice and with contemporary options and attitudes.

• Identify and describe two programs and/or policies developed after the U.S. Civil War for veterans.
• Describe the populations served by these programs and/or policies.
• Determine if these programs and/or policies promoted social justice, and explain why or why not.
• Compare the programs you identified to contemporary programs or policies or to current attitudes about veteran welfare.

references

• Stern, M.J., & Axinn, J. (2018). Social welfare: A history of American response to need (9th ed.). Pearson Education.
  • Chapter 4, “The Civil War and After” (pp.83-111)
• Franklin, E. (2009). The emerging needs of veterans: A call to action for the social work profession Links to an external site.. Health & Social Work, 34(3), 163–167.
• Seal, K. H., Cohen, G., Bertenthal, D., Cohen, B. E., Maguen, S., & Daley, A. (2011). Reducing barriers to mental health and social services for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: Outcomes of an integrated primary care clinic Links to an external site.. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 26(10), 1160–1167.
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (2016). PTSD: National Center for PTSD Links to an external site.. Retrieved from https://www.ptsd.va.gov/

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/

 Moore, W. (2014, January). Wes Moore: How to talk to veterans about the war Links to an external site.[Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/wes_moore_how_to_talk_to_veterans_about_the_war