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Demobilization

Demobilization . April 10, 2014 WW2 Note Packet . Demobilization . The movement from a military to a civilian status US armed forces decreased from 12 million to 1.5 million Biggest issue  prevent US from slipping back into depression . Truman’s legislative program. FAIR DEAL

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Demobilization

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  1. Demobilization April 10, 2014 WW2 Note Packet

  2. Demobilization • The movement from a military to a civilian status • US armed forces decreased from 12 million to 1.5 million • Biggest issue  prevent US from slipping back into depression

  3. Truman’s legislative program FAIR DEAL • Promoting full employment • Higher minimum wage • Greater unemploymentcompensation • Housing assistance

  4. Servicemen’s readjustment act (The GI bill of Rights) • Authorized billions of dollars to pay for veteran benefits • College education • Medical treatment • Unemployment insurance • Home/business loans

  5. Employment act of 1946 • Made full employment a national goal • Set up a Council of Economic Advisors • Guide the president on economic matters

  6. An end to price controls • 1946 – gov’t moved to end control of prices on goods • Ending price control and cutting taxes led to inflation • Food prices increased by 25% in 2 years

  7. The taft-hartley act • Workers wages couldn’t keep up w/ inflation • Increase in strikes, antiunion feelings • Taft-Hartley Act • Provided an 80-day “cooling off period” • Barred the closed shop • Allowed states to pass “right-to-work laws” • Banned union contributions to political campaigns • Required union leaders to swear they were not communists

  8. Other immediate post ww2 changes • National Security Act (1947) • Created the Department of Defense • CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) • Banning racial discrimination in armed forces • Baby boom • Largest population explosion in history • Expanded middle class

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