In summer of 1948, Truman faced a Republican governor Thomas Dewey. Not many people expected Harry S. Truman to win, but the Harry S. Truman conducted a forceful campaign that criticized Republicans in Congress as much as it attacked Thomas Dewey, New York's Republican governor. In November 1948, Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas Dewey. Truman beheld his reelection as a directive for a liberal plan, which he gave beneath the term "The Fair Deal." The President underestimated the American people and fundamentalists in both parties prohibited most of his plan. However, he did obtain passage of some liberal laws that raised the minimum wage and expanded Social Security. The American economy began an era of growth in the 1950s that continued for almost twenty years. During the later part Harry S. Truman’s second term his popularity sank, due to the large amounts of corruption accusations, and because people were saying that the president favored communism. This rumor led to the unsurprising announcement that Harry S. Truman would not be running for president again in the next
In summer of 1948, Truman faced a Republican governor Thomas Dewey. Not many people expected Harry S. Truman to win, but the Harry S. Truman conducted a forceful campaign that criticized Republicans in Congress as much as it attacked Thomas Dewey, New York's Republican governor. In November 1948, Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas Dewey. Truman beheld his reelection as a directive for a liberal plan, which he gave beneath the term "The Fair Deal." The President underestimated the American people and fundamentalists in both parties prohibited most of his plan. However, he did obtain passage of some liberal laws that raised the minimum wage and expanded Social Security. The American economy began an era of growth in the 1950s that continued for almost twenty years. During the later part Harry S. Truman’s second term his popularity sank, due to the large amounts of corruption accusations, and because people were saying that the president favored communism. This rumor led to the unsurprising announcement that Harry S. Truman would not be running for president again in the next