WORLD/U.S. HISTORY II
Chapter 22, Section 1- Truman and Eisenhower
1. Return to a Peacetime Economy – What was the GI Bill and how did it boost the economy?
2. Inflation and Strikes – How did President Truman respond to strikes or threatened strikes by the miners
and the railroad workers?
3. Republican Victory – What were the provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act and how did President Truman
and labor leaders respond to it?
4. Truman’s Domestic Program – What was it?
5. Truman’s Legislative Agenda – What was it?
6. The Election of 1948 – Who were the candidates for what parties and why did the Democratic split into
three parties?
7. The Fair Deal – Which of President Truman’s proposals were passed by Congress, and which were
rejected?
8. The Election of 1952: Why did Eisenhower’s campaign come “under fire” and what was the result of
the election?
9. Ike as President – What was “dynamic conservatism,” how did President Eisenhower show his
conservatism, and what was significant about the Federal Highway Act?
10. Extending the New Deal – How did President Eisenhower extend the New Deal?