predicted

Truman domestic & political

success = truman fair deal, min wage inc 45-75, SS extended to extra mill ppl, 11mill inc in employment, pov fell 33%-28% 1952.

failure = inflation 25%, 1946 strikes railroad/steelworker/miner threatened by truman, 1947 taft Hartley act limited power of unions congress overrode veto. didnt worsen econ but little to improve already booming. fair deal largely rejected, post war housing shortage 1949 housing act meant to build 810,000 units only 156,000 by 1952, some poor constucted. little achieved in education. political gridlock (repub control house & senate), worst period of legislative conflict (vetoed 250CBs), Dixiecrats & independents like Henry Wallace broke away

ike & truman red scare

truman -rich feared con consequences of communism, fear of china + USSR military, fall of china to comm, successful soviet bomb 1949, pysch need for usa to have enemy. spy scandals Klaus fucha 1950.

-mccarthy claimed there was commies in state dept. c’tee created to investigate under Millard tidings. “fraud & a hoax” fake photo of conversing w/ us com party leader making him lose election.

-mccarthy led investigations, 500 govt employees + 600 teachers sacked, libraries attacked. dems scared to defend accused n be comm sympathisers. hysterical anti comm

-huac, Nixon, investigated hollyywood 10 arrested. truman been told to scare the hell out of americnas. torn over defending admin. failed to veto 1950 internal security act

-ike - 1954 army McCarthy hearings, extremism lost him support, no evidence, drunk on tv. lost support in polls. voice of america 830 sacked bc of mccarthy§

jfk new frontier

success - “pov + surplus, peace + war, ignorance + prejudice).

-pov: 1961 act created 26,000 jobs & benefitted 15,000 ppl. min wage inc to $1.25, additional 3.6 mill covered

-edu:expand scholarships + student loans. 700,000 more kids hot lunch by extending ike lunch prog. govt grants to construct health training facilities

-$9bill fir nasa to put man on moon by end of 60s. 6 men in space

-fail - congress poorly funded schemes. 5 mill still unemployed, ½ mill poorest workers uncovered by min wage (espec black womn). jfk not understand icons

jfk FP

Kennedy & johnson CRs

LBJ division/political problems after JFK

nixon Watergate or domestic policy

USA after nixon FP

nixon/LBJ protests

LBJ FP

political corruption after nixon

ike consumer soc

success = by 1960 med fam inc was $5250, gave fams 30% more disposable inc than in 1950. 13 mill new home constructed, 11 mill in suburbs provided emply. automobile industry, easier travel proliferation of motels/food/malls more emply. made americans prosperous. dramatic growth in service industries, changing american workforce. 90% homes 1+ TV. teens became econ force. growth in debt stimulated econ. Levittown houses for young vets, well contuced + popular

failure = several recessions, growth of housing in suburbs caused white flight, Levi§town restricted af americans. private debt more than doubled to well over $260bill. poor wages in new jobs, tv consumerism + conformity, ¼ families of 4 had < $3000 annual inc. eth mins lost jobs to industrialisation + rac policies. housing shortage continued. waste of cars, 4.5 mill scrapped each yr in 50s