Truman domestic policy Flashcards
(12 cards)
How many steel workers were involved in strikes in 1946?
750,000
What percentage had unemployment reached by 1950?
5%
How many more people were covered by the Social Security Act?
10.5 million
How much had American income increased my 1952?
40% per capita
What did the percentage of Americans living in poverty decrease from to?
From 33% to 28%
How many Levitt town were purchased within the first 3 hours?
1400
How many votes did Truman lose the House and the Senate by in 1946?
Lost 12 seats in the senate and 55 in the House
Who were the two democrats who split from the party and tan for president in 1948?
Strom Thurmond- State’s Rights party
Henry Wallace- Progressive Party
what was Truman’s approval rating when he left office?
22%
what was McCarthyism?
A witch hunt that caused divides in society, and led to the second red scare. Senator McCarthy claimed he had a list of 205 communists in the government.
What happened to Alger Hiss and when?
Arrested and found guilty of perjury in 1950
What happened to the Rosenbergs?
Found guilty of spying, they were put on trial in 1951 and executed in 1953.
