Truman and Post WWII America-Domestic Issues
America after the War
1-America after the
War
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GI Bill of Rights
(1944) and its
effect on America
Baby Boom
The Suburbs
Careers
Women’s Roles
2-Truman and Congress
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Republican Control
of Congress
Robert Taft
Taft Hartley ActImpact on ?
o Closed Shops
o Union Shops
o Right to
Work States
What is the conflict
between the
President and
Congress?
o Active
President vs.
Active
Congress?
o Equal
Branches?
o Or is this a
“Do-Nothing
Congress?”
o What is the
Congress
trying to do
3-Truman Reacts
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The Fair Deal
Truman the Man
Civil Rights
Filibusters (hey
what happened
last week?)
Executive OrdersCongress Watch
Me Now!
(Obama?)
4-Election of 1948
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Harry!
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Who did both parties
want to run?
Democratic
Convention
What issue split the
party?
How had Truman
angered the South?
Who were the
Dixiecrats?
Who was Strom
Thurmond and what
was his secret?
Who were the
candidates?
o Democrat
o Republican
Who was the favorite?
Truman’s Strategy
Give ‘em hell,
Whistle Stop
What was the famous
result?
5-The 2nd Red Scare
 Hey, when was the
first?
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What organizations did
people fear were
infiltrated by
communists?
Why did they want to ban
communists from
teaching?
Quickly, identify what the
following did:
o The Hatch Act of
1938
o The Smith Act
(1940)
o Executive Order
9835 (1947)
HUAC
Hollywood 10 and the
Blacklist
Pumpkin Papers
o Alger Hiss and
Whittaker
Chambers
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(or hint-hint:
Un-Do?)
nd
22 Amendment-a
reaction to what?
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o Richard Nixon
The Beginning of Joe
McCarthy