19.1 POST- WAR POLITICS TRUMAN For a short time the economy was squeezed after the war People had too much money & not enough to buy When some workers struck, he threatened to draft them TRUMAN The economic problems allowed the Republicans to blame the Dems & win power in the 1946 Congressional election Truman supported civil rights for African Americans Desegregated the military by executive order 1948 ELECTION Truman won, despite some Southern Democrats leaving and forming the Dixiecrat Party Most experts expected the Republicans to win IKE Dwight Ike Eisenhower won in 1952 because people were tired of Korea and the Democrats Stuck to the middle of the road, not too conservative, not to liberal Did not take a strong role in civil rights