Political Developments: Truman as President and the Fair Deal

Question 1

What caused Truman to become President?

Answer 1

Franklin Roosevelt died

Question 2

When did Franklin Roosevelt die? (To the month)

Answer 2

April 1945

Question 3

Which election did Harry Truman run in as the Presidential candidate?

Answer 3

The 1948 election

Question 4

What popular vote majority did Truman win in the 1948 election?

Answer 4

2 million popular vote majority

Question 5

Which party may have weakened Truman’s 1948 election result?

Answer 5

States Rights Party

Question 6

What did the States Rights Party want?

Answer 6

They wanted there to be less federal government control over individual states

Question 7

What did the States Rights want to re-implement?

Answer 7

They wanted to re-implement segregation in their states

Question 8

Which part of the military was de-segregated in 1946?

Answer 8

The Navy

Question 9

How many states did the States Rights party carry?

Answer 9

4 states

Question 10

Which part of the USA were the 4 States carried by the States Rights party located?

Answer 10

The South

Question 11

What did Truman want to do with the Fair Employment Practices Commission?

Answer 11

He wanted to make it permanent

Question 12

What did Truman want to do with health insurance?

Answer 12

He wanted to make a national health insurance scheme

Question 13

How did Congress respond to Truman’s proposed laws?

Answer 13

They blocked them

Question 14

What happened in the 1946 mid-term election?

Answer 14

The Republicans gained a majority

Question 15

Which anti-Roosevelt newspaper supported the Republican, Dewey, in 1948?

Answer 15

The Chicago Tribune

Question 16

What did the Chicago Tribune pre-print before the 1948 election result?

Answer 16

They printed that Dewey had won

Question 17

What was the Fair Deal practically a continuation of?

Answer 17

Continuation of the New Deal

Question 18

What deal did Truman create for the USA?

Answer 18

The Fair Deal

Question 19

Which social security act did Truman extend?

Answer 19

1935 Social Security Act

Question 20

What year was the Full Employment Bill passed?

Answer 20

1945

Question 20

What type of laws did Truman pass for poor people in relation to housing?

Answer 20

He gave them social housing

Question 21

What did the 1945 Full Employment Bill do?

Answer 21

It made employment a human right

Question 22

What did it mean for the governments responsibility after the 1945 Full Employment Bill?

Answer 22

It meant they would have to make sure people had enough jobs

Question 23

What year did railroad workers say they were going to go on strike in Truman’s time in office?

Answer 23

1945

Question 24

How did Truman say he would respond to the railroad strike once it happened?

Answer 24

He would send in federal troops to take the place of the workers

Question 25

How did the public respond to Truman's decision of potentially sending troops in to work the railroad workers jobs?

Answer 25

They felt Truman was acting out of interest of the economy

Question 26

What would the Taft-Hartley Bill have done?

Answer 26

It would have made employees in trade unions able to be charged for violating their contract

Question 27

What did Truman do with the Taft-Hartley Bill?

Answer 27

He vetoed it

Question 28

How did Congress respond to Truman's vetoing of the Taft-Hartley Bill?

Answer 28

They voted in favour of it again

Question 29

How many bills did Republicans make to try and bring an end to the New Deal programmes?

Answer 29

80 bills

Question 30

What did Truman do with 80 bills made by Republicans to limit the New Deal?

Answer 30

He vetoed all of them

Question 31

How many people did Truman bring under social security from 1945 to 1953?

Answer 31

10 million people