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Post War AmericaHow does Truman run the country
after WWII?
Mass Produced HomesMass Produced Homes• Lack of home building & GI Bill of Rights giving vets easy
home loans causes housing shortage
$7,000!$7,000!
• Assembly line method of production of homes creates affordable housing & birth of the suburbs (Levittown, NY first suburbs)
Truman’s Avoids DepressionTruman’s Avoids Depression
• Truman worried about new Depression, $35 mill in war contracts canceled, one million defense workers laid off
• 1) Gov encourages people to spend saved money, 2) Marshall plan gives $ to Europe, 3) GATT reduces tariffs
• Result: economy booms w/ new jobs in retail & manufacturing
Strikes Plague Recovery• Strikes cause shortages, Truman tries to limit strikers
(natl interests at stake )• Republicans to win back Congress, pass Taft-Hartley
Act limiting union’s powers
Truman & Civil Rights
- Truman wants to end racial discrimination- 1)Proposes Anti-lynching laws, 2)ban on
the poll tax & 3)permanent civil rights commission
- Congress votes all three down- In response, Truman orders integration of
the armed forces- Baseball integrates, Brooklyn Dodgers
sign Jackie Robinson, other MLB teams follow
- Truman announces “Fair Deal” supporting education, social security, and min wage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX3tv9uKj1I
1948 Election1948 Election
• Upset Southerners form States Rights Party aka “Dixiecrats” to challenge Truman:1)Democrats – Harry Truman2) “Dixiecrats”– Strom Thurmond3) Republicans- Thomas Dewey
• Truman wins in an upset, criticizes Republican policies, so Congress “kills” Fair Deal