Truman Domestic

Question 1

what year did the Republicans win the midterm elections

Answer 1

1946

Question 2

when did Republicans have control over congress

Answer 2

1946-1948

Question 3

what was not assured in the 1948 election

Answer 3

the ‘solid south’

Question 4

who broke away from the democrats

Answer 4

dixiecrats

Question 5

how many strikes were in 1946

Answer 5

4985

Question 6

how much was spent on GI Bill of Rights

Answer 6

$20 Billion

Question 7

what were some of the benefits of the GI Bill of Rights

Answer 7

52 weeks unemployment pay
loans on housing and education

Question 8

how many demobilised veterans were returning

Answer 8

12 million

Question 9

how many benefitted from the bill

Answer 9

7.8 million

Question 10

what was Truman’s 1948 campaign

Answer 10

personal campaign

Question 11

how long was Truman’s whistle stop tour

Answer 11

30,000 miles in 33 days

Question 12

when was the successful steelworkers’ strike

Answer 12

april 1952

Question 13

what happened in the strike of april 1952

Answer 13

Truman issued an executive order directing his Secretary of Commerce, to seize and operate the steel mills
Supreme court overruled decision - overextended his authority
humiliated and strained relationship with labor unions and working class

Question 14

what global economic system is set up after ww2

Answer 14

IMF

Question 15

what happens to the dollar after ww2

Answer 15

Bretton Woods Agreement (1944): Established the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency -
financial influence - currencies tied to the dollar, geopolitical influence - used financial position to support allies and contain communism

Question 16

what does per capita income increase by

Answer 16

40%

Question 17

how much money was generated through war bonds

Answer 17

$185 Billion

Question 18

what does inflation reach

Answer 18

25%

Question 19

what is the percentage of unemployment

Answer 19

never reaches above 5%

Question 20

what happened between 1945-1950

Answer 20

baby boom

Question 21

how were the army reintroduced

Answer 21

12- 3- 1.5

Question 22

three reasons for inflation reaching 25%

Answer 22

factories struggling to readjust to peacetime demands
conservatives sought free markets - weakened OPA
trade unions wanted pay rises

Question 23

what did poverty fall to

Answer 23

33% in 1949 - 28% 1952

Question 24

analysis phrase

Answer 24

new economic order based around American conception of capitalism and trade

Question 25

what contributed to consumer boom

Answer 25

confidence from WW2 (good war) and influx of returning servicemen, baby boom created new markets, war bonds and GI Bill of Rights benefits stimulating economy

Question 26

when did Truman introduce the Fair Deal

Answer 26

state of union address 1949

Question 27

what did he say the fair deal would do

Answer 27

impact every part of the population

Question 28

fair deal aims

Answer 28

increase minimum wage increase public housing federal aid to education anti-lynching laws

Question 29

no bank had failed in

Answer 29

9 years

Question 30

minimum wage increase

Answer 30

40 cents to 75 cents

Question 31

leave

Answer 31

leave

Question 32

name for Truman's welfare measures

Answer 32

socialised medicine

Question 33

what did congress block

Answer 33

Truman's attempt to tax 4% on a person's first $6300 income - tax raising measure

Question 34

what was education seen as

Answer 34

state issue

Question 35

what did Truman pass for education

Answer 35

national school lunch act 1949 - gave free lunches to poorer schoolchildren

Question 36

Truman's approval rate in 1952

Answer 36

22%

Question 37

why was Truman's approval rate so low

Answer 37

unpopular for Korea party scandals with IRS resignations - uncovered corruption (bribe-taking activities) 'legislature too revolutionary'

Question 38

slum clearance impact

Answer 38

rent prices skyrocketed whilst new houses built - worsened situation for African-Americans

Question 38

what did Truman do for housing

Answer 38

1949 national housing act proposed 810,000 houses only 156,000 by 1952 poorly constructed but did provide employment