By: Shana, Anthony, Jimmy, Robert, Dylan, and Allison Post War America Pascack Hills High School Ms. Jane Yeam, History

Fgddc The 1948 Election  America blamed Truman for the inflations and labor unrest in the US.  The Democratic party, however, still nominated him for the 1948 election.  Southern “Dixiecrats” protested his nomination and separated from the Democratic Party to form the States’ Rights Democratic Party.  They nominated their own candidate - Gov. J. Strom Thurmond.  The former VP, Henry A. Wallace, also protested and led his supporters to a new more liberal Progressive Party where he ran for President.  The Republican candidate Gov. Thomas E. Dewey appeared to have a lead in the polls until Truman began to pour great energy into his campaign.  Truman began to campaign heavily within the Republican-dominated congress, but when his attempt failed he took his campaign to the people.  He traveled throughout the country spreading his message of “Give’em hell, Harry” and upset Dewey to become the 33rd US President. Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey