Fair Deal

baby boom

this occurred from 1946-1964, it was “made possible” by things like the GI Bill of Rights, advances in health care (vaccines for polio, etc.), information more accessible on child care thanks to books by Dr. Spock

Henry A. Wallace

former VP who began publicly criticizing Truman and eventually ran against him in 1948 for the Progressive Party

Middle of the Road

Eisenhower was the first war hero president since Ulysses S. Grant; he was also well liked because of his ______________ approach where he did not take a hard stance on any controversial issues

taxes

The loss of this from middle class whites is what made cities fall into disrepair due to white flight

Employment Act

this called for “maximum” employment; it stated private enterprise (not government) was primarily responsible for economic decisions and it created the Council of Economic Advisors to help make long term policies

Jackie Robinson

the first African American to play in Major League Baseball

Truman

many Americans were unsure of __________; they fought over the continued overexpansion of government and social-policy making

white flight

the mass movement of middle-class whites to the suburbs. the negative impact of this is that only the poor and minorities were left in cities

GI Bill of Rights

this new policy offered health care, loans for homes (mortgage), college education, and priority in public sector jobs to returning veterans

State’s Rights Party

this new third party split from the Democratic Party; it was nicknamed the “dixicrat party.”

femme fatale

this was a popular female character type in Hollywood during the 1950s because of its shift to more dark themes—plays on the anxieties and fears of the time

Strom Thurmond

this third party candidate had previously been a democrat

Fair Deal

Truman’s _________ mostly tried to ride the coattails of FDR—he kept Social Security and minimum wage. essentially much of what he was just an extension of FDR’s most well-liked programs

Brannan Plan

would have offered compensatory payments to farmers dealing with agricultural surpluses, but was rejected by conservatives in Congress; similar to the McNary-Haugen Bill

Communism

Congress was opposed to the Full Employment Bill in 1946 because it ensured employment for “ALL” and that reminded them too much of:

Levittowns

these are suburban communities—houses all looked the same. thanks to the GI Bill and the mass production of these homes, they were more affordable and it led to a massive population move from cities to suburbs

Adlai Stevenson

since Truman decided not to run again in 1952, _______ was the Democratic candidate in the presidential race

Integration

Truman ordered the __________ of US Armed Forces in support of the developing civil rights movement

Eisenhower

republican candidate in the 1952 presidential election

K1C2

Eisenhower ran on this; focused on ending the war in Korea, communism, and corruption

Dewey

Truman ran against _____ in 1948