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32 Cards in this Set
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What was Truman's largest domestic opposition?
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Republican dominated Congress
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List Legislation Truman failed to accomplish.
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The Fair Deal, Social Security Increase, Low cost housing, Raise in minimum wage, Permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee, Restrictions on Businesses, Taft-Hartley Act
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What was the "Fair Deal" Composed of?
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Civil Rights, National Health Insurance, Federal Aid to Education, other social services
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What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
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Created by Robert Taft, outlawed forced union participation upon employment, banned union contribution to political campaigns, required 80 day notice of major strikes followed by negotiations
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What 3 pieces of legislation did Truman pass?
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Presidential Succession Act, Ratification of 22nd Amendment, National Security Act of 1947
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What was the Presidential Succession Act?
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Placed both House Speaker and Senate President ahead of cabinet members in line for the presidency.
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What was the 22nd Amendment?
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Limited presidents to 2, 4-year terms in office
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What did the National Security Act of 1947 do?
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Combined War and Navy departments into one, Air Force became its own branch of the military splitting from Army, CIA was founded, National Security Council was created
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Explain the economy under Truman.
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Fear of returning recession since government spending ceased, jobs lost due to soldiers returning from war, consumer spending increased complimented by baby boom, middle class expanded greatly, high consumer demand, G.I. Bill sent people to college who started more businesses
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Who ran for each office in the 1948 Presidential Election?
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Democrats - (Strom Thurmond, Henry Wallace, Harry Truman)
Republicans - (Thomas Dewey) |
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What were the results of the 1948 election?
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Dewey favored in polls, Truman pulled out largest upset in history, Chicago Tribune falsely reported Dewey has won
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What were Truman's actions at the end of WWII?
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Approved August 6th and 9th atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, this was fine with public who wanted war over
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What is the Truman Doctrine?
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Gave military to aid to countries who could not arm themselves
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What is the Marshall Plan?
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Gave economic aid to countries in Europe to lessen vulnerability of Communism, sparked international trading partners and markets
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What is the Berlin Airlift?
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Response to Berlin Blockade of 1948, Truman airlifted supplies to West Berlin, Russia lost propaganda battle, inspired formation of NATO
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What is NATO?
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, group consisting of U.S. Canada and Northern and Western European countries, alliance against Communism, first peace-time alliance in US History, Communists formed Warsaw Pact
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Explain the competitions of the Cold War.
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Confrontation of ideals (Communism vs. Democracy), olympic games, spy game, space race, education race, who can build a bigger bomb
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How did the Cold War expand globally?
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In 1950 Korea was split at 38th parallel (Communist North vs. Pro-American South), UN declared breech of peace by Korea, Truman supported South with sea and air power, Gen. MacArthur called upon to unite Korea as non-Communist, China backed Communists, MacArthur tried field negotiations, Truman fired him, ends in stalemate
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Who were the 1952 Presidential election nominees?
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Republican - Dwight Eisenhower
Democrat - Adlai Stevenson |
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How were Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson different?
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Eisenhower was calming, militaristic, stressed international affairs.
Stevenson was very intelligent, elegant speaker, not down to earth |
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What was the result of the 1952 election?
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Eisenhower wins big in the largest turnout in history
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How did television impact the 1952 election?
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Nixon's "Checkers" Speech was televised as well as the campaigns, advertisements were huge making politics more expensive
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Explain the economy under Eisenhower.
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High consumer spending, Eisenhower's greatest domestic success, sustained by baby boom, half the budget went to defense each year, television fueled by advertising, agriculture was hurting economy
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How was agriculture hurting the economy under Eisenhower?
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Farmers were over producing but kept running by federal subsidies
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What are 4 major pieces of legislation Eisenhower put through?
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Interstate Highway Act of 1956, Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway ('54-'59), Increase of minimum wage from .75 to $1.00, Federal Housing Act
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What was the Interstate Highway Act of 1956?
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To aim at civil defense, put cars on the road, aided military transportation, served as evacuation routes from major cities, helped tourism industry as well as chain corporations (fast food, hotels)
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Who was Joe McCarthy?
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U.S. State Senator from WI ('46-'56), was uneducated about Communism yet he suspected numerous insiders to be Communist, embarrassed himself during the 1954 Army-McCarthy Hearings
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What happened at the 1954 Army-McCarthy Hearings?
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Joe McCarthy was trying to prove the Army was Communist, McCarthy had no credibility, was highly televised exploiting McCarthy as arrogant and mean-spirited losing his temper
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What were the main headlines under Civil Rights under Eisenhower?
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1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, Southern Manifesto, King and Montgomery Bus Boycotts, Massive Resistance, Civil Rights Act of 1957
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What is the Brown Decision?
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1954 Brown v. Board was a decision to have separate but equal educational facilities for whites and blacks, Earl Warren overturned this decision
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What was the Southern Manifesto?
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Southern legislators in Congress signed the Southern Manifesto designed to circumvent desegregation by legal yet devious methods.
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What was Massive Resistance?
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White southerners against desegregation who used intimidation to delay the process, they demanded Warren's impeachment
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