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14 Cards in this Set
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US economy after WWII
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Boomed buying spree pumped $ into the economy
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Women and Jobs after WWII
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women lost jobs in factories but worked in new jobs(2million more women working)
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Aferican Americans and jobs
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benefited; farming to manufacture, rural to cities, south to other regions
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postwar boom bought about __________
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inflation
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Taft-Harley Act
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stop unions from abusing power; outlawed closed shop, strikes, featherbedding
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Truman wanted _________ to have more rights
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African Americans-This split the democratic party
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"Dixiecrat"
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Southern Democrats who disagreed with Truman
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election of 1948
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Everyone thought Dewey would win BUT Truman did!
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Fair Deal
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Truman
help public schools, farmers, insurance, raise minimum wages |
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Senator who accused officials of being communist
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McCarthy
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McCarthyism
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to destroy opponent's character
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didn't run for reelection
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Truman
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Negative Truman
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soft on communism
lost China unpopular |
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Positive Truman
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Fair Deal
"containment" not isolationism |
