Truman Domestic Policy Flashcards
When was Truman sworn in as President?
1945
When was Truman’s 21 point plan?
September 1945
When was the Employment Act (inc. responsibility for economic stability on the federal government)?
February 1946
When do the Republicans win control of Congress?
November 1946
When does Truman request legislation to secure the civil rights of nations minorities?
1948
When was Executive Order 9981 (desegregates Armed Forces)?
1948
When is Truman reelected? And when do the Democrats retake the Senate and HoR?
November 1948
When does Truman propose the Fair Deal?
January 1949
When was NATO signed?
1949
When is the Housing Act signed?
1949
When do Congress raise minimum wage?
1949
When is the Red Scare?
February 1950
How many people does McCarthy accuse of being communists?
205
When is the Social Security Amendments signed?
1950
When are the Rosenbergs sentenced to death?
1951
When did Truman block the steel strikes? (deemed unconstitutional in 6-3 vote in SC)
1952
What percentage of the world population was the US in 1945 and what percentage of the world income did it have?
7% and 42%
How many US citizens had died in WW2?
400,000
What was Roosevelt’s approval rating when he died?
70%
In Roosevelt’s 12 years of office, the US economy (GDP) rose by how much % annually?
8.5%
What was the McCarran-Walter Act and when was it?
1952 - it made immigration easier
How much did US loan the UK?
$31 billion
How did Truman demobilise the army?
9 million in 1945 and reduced to 1.5 million in 1946
What was the highest unemployment was under Truman?
5%
What did the influx of men returning home have an impact on?
Led to a consumer boom and 25% rise in inflation
What were some measures of the Fair Deal?
- inc minimum wage (40 to 75 cents)
- federal aid to education
- anti lynching laws
What was Truman’s approval rate at the end of his presidency?
22%
Why was there a fear of communism?
- economic fear, communism amongst rich
- military fear
- psychological need to have an enemy
How many members did the US Communist Party have?
80,000
What black newspapers became popular under Truman?
Chicago Defender
By the time Eisenhower came to power, how many members did the NAACP have?
Over a million
When was there a race riot in Detroit, how many were involved?
1943 and 100,000
I’m the 1940s and 1950s how many black people left the south?
1.4 million and 1.1 million
What groups were active in the north?
NAACP, CORE, the Urban League and the Nation of Islam
When was Morgan v. Virginia (segregation on interstate buses was illegal)
1946
When did Truman give a radical civil rights speech to Congress asking for measures against lynching, protection of the right to vote and better funded FEPC?
1948
