Election of 1948 Rep. Control Congress Rep. – Tom Dewey – moderate Democrats Split –Harry S. Truman –Strom Thurmond –Henry A. Wallace
Fair Deal Min. Wage Soc. Sec. Clear Slums Low Income Homes TVA But lost on… Civil Rights Natl Health Ins. Repeal of Tariff Fed aid to Education Farm Incomes
USSR takes control to 38 th parallel 1948 – S. Korea - Rhee elected president N. Korea declares Peoples Republic North militarizes, South does not June 25, 1950 North attacks
June 27 th, U.N. reacts General Douglas MacArthur –Pusan –Invades Inchon
Mac Arthur on his own Mission Communists Chinas threat Mac Arthur to the Yalu River Volunteer Chinese Back to the 38 th parallel
April 11, 1951 – Mac Arthur fired
Peace Talks June 1951 Panmunjon – 2 years July 27, 1953 Truce Police Action Casualties
Demilitarized Zone