Homework Check 14.1

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• Divisions within the Democratic Party in 1948 - including the Southern Democrats who abandoned the party to form the States' Rights or ___________________ Party - seemed to spell disaster for President Truman's candidacy.

• Taft-Hartley

• The Servicemen's Readjustment Act. popularly called the _______________ , boosted the economy by providing loans to veterans to help them establish businesses, buy homes, and attend college.

• G.I. Bill

• In 1947 a new and more conservative Congress set out to curb the power of organized labor by passing the ____________________ Act

• Dixiecrats

• President Eisenhower ended government price and rent  ____________________ , which many conservatives had viewed as unnecessary federal regulation of the economy.

A greater demand for goods after World War II led to higher prices, and this inflation soon triggered

• Public Protests.

• increased unemployment.

• labor unrest.

• political turmoil.

To the surprise of many, President Harry Truman won the election of 1948 with strong support from labor, farmers, and

• Southern Democrats.

• African Americans.

• the new Progressive Party.

• business interests.

Although legislators did not embrace all of President Truman's Fair Deal programs, Congress did increase Social Security benefits, extend those benefits to 10 million Americans and

• provide subsidies for farmers.

• raise the minimum wage.

• grant federal aid to schools.

• create national health insurance.

President Eisenhower took an activist role when he pushed for two large government programs, the Federal Highway Act and

• expanded public housing.

• the Tennessee valley Authority.

• the school construction bill.

• the St. Lawrence Seaway.