domestic policy in post war america truman and eisenhower
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Domestic Policyin Post War America
Truman and Eisenhower
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President Harry Trumanand the Post War Demobilization
• Took office after Roosevelt’s death in April 1945
• Challenges…– Inflation (rising prices)– Labor strikes– Minorities & women
workers lost jobs
Election of 1948
Look at the picture on your 1948 Election Packet…
1948 Election – Electoral Map
Give ‘em hell,
Harry
Truman’s Domestic Agenda: Fair Deal“Every segment of our population…
has a right to expect from our government a fair deal”
• Goals - Reform programs to aid the transition from a wartime
to peacetime economy– Full employment– Higher Minimum wage– National Health insurance– Affordable Housing– Increased aid to farmers– Expansion of Welfare benefits
Truman’s Domestic Agenda: Fair Deal“Every segment of our population…
has a right to expect from our government a fair deal”
• Accomplishments- Extension of the New Deal:
- Increase in minimum wage- Increase in aid to agriculture and education- Expansion of Social Security benefits
• Agenda frustrated (not much passed) by Congress
Food for Thought…Why didn’t Truman run for re-election
in the 1952 Election?
Hint: consider what was going on at this time (at home and abroad).
The Election of 1952The first use of political advertising
1952 Election The election of 1952 was the first election
where presidential commercials
ever aired, at a time when Americans
were not used to seeing
candidates on television .
The election of 1952 was the first election
where presidential commercials
ever aired, at a time when Americans
were not used to seeing
candidates on television .
The Affluent Society
What are the differences between liberals and
conservatives?
Eisenhower’s Domestic Policy: Dynamic Conservatism
“Conservative when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to people”
Liberal Agenda“Expanding the Government”- Expanded social security
and unemployment benefits
- Increased minimum wage
- Established Department of Health, Education and Welfare
- Supported largest increase in educational funding
Liberal Agenda“Expanding the Government”- Expanded social security
and unemployment benefits
- Increased minimum wage
- Established Department of Health, Education and Welfare
- Supported largest increase in educational funding
Conservative Agenda“Reducing the Government”- Eliminated
government jobs
- Cut federal budget
- Cut farm subsidies
- Turned over federal land to the States
Conservative Agenda“Reducing the Government”- Eliminated
government jobs
- Cut federal budget
- Cut farm subsidies
- Turned over federal land to the States
Modern Republicanism was Eisenhower’s Policy that stated he would be conservative with money and liberal with human beings; because the policy
addressed liberal and conservative agendas, it was popular with many
Americans.
Truman Eisenhower
Fair Deal
Desegregated Military
Proposed NationalHealth Care Insurance
Liberal
National Housing Act“Dynamic Conservative”
Abolished RFC
Cut funding to TVA
Federal Highway Act
Cut Taxes
Ended government price & rent controls
Min. Wage
SSA benefits
Accepted New Deal
GI Bill