POSTWAR AMERICA. 23.1 TRUMAN AND EISENHOWER RETURNING TO A PEACETIME ECONOMY After the war, many Americans feared returning to a peacetime economy However,

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POSTWAR AMERICA

23.1 TRUMAN AND EISENHOWER

RETURNING TO A PEACETIME ECONOMY After the war, many Americans feared returning to a peacetime economy However, it continued to grow Rushed out to buy consumer goods they had long desired Why were Americans worried? Think about how WWII changed the work force

GI BILL

Provided funds to veterans to help them establish businesses, buy homes, and attend college Helped create American middle class Hurt minorities

TAFT-HARTLEY ACT AND CLOSED SHOPS

TAFT-HARTLEY ACT Outlawed the closed shop (practice of forcing business owners to hire only union members) Held irresponsible unions in check

TRUMAN’S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

Expansion of social security benefits Raising minimum wage Public housing Asked Congress to pass a broad civil rights bill that would protect African Americans’ right to vote and make lynching a federal crime Little success- faced with conservative Southern Democrats and Republicans

ELECTION OF 1948

1948 ELECTION AND TRUMAN'S FAIR DEAL Truman (support from laborers, African Americans, and farmers) vs. NY Governor Thomas Dewey (predicted winner)

TRUMAN WINS ELECTION OF 1948

“DO –NOTHING” CONGRESS

TRUMAN’S FAIR DEAL

Expansion of social security benefits Increase in the minimum wage A program to ensure full employment A program of public housing and slum clearance A long range plan for environmental and public works A system of national health insurance A broad program of civil rights legislation

EISENHOWER’S DYNAMIC CONSERVATISM

EISENHOWER TAKES OFFICE IN 1952 “Dynamic conservatism” Balancing economic conservatism with activism in areas that would benefit the country

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ACT

Largest public works program in American history $25 billion for a 10 year effort to construct more than 40,000 miles of interstate highways What would be the benefits? Think of society today

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