719 – 721 Analyze statistics about elections from the late 1940s and 1950s.

1. 719 – 721 • Analyze statistics about elections • from the late 1940s and 1950s. • Create a graphic organizer about • President Truman’s Fair Deal.

2. How would you solve this? How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? Volume= Length x width x height

3. How might we support the following statements or conclusions from the chart “Third Parties”? Chart on Third Parties • Truman’s Fair Deal must have had limited success, since additional political parties emerged. • “Third Party” political groups rarely win presidential elections, likely due to the narrow scope of their platforms. • President Eisenhower was more popular than President Truman and enjoyed a greater degree of success during his administration.

5. Harry S Truman, Arthur Schlesinger, Henry Wallace, Strom Thurmond, Thomas Dewey Truman’s Opposition United States 1948-52 (Early Cold War) • To create a “bipartisan coalition” with the goals of: • Keeping New Deal gains • Blocking Soviet Union’sinfluence in Europe. • This idea was called the “Vital Center” from a book written by Arthur Schlesinger

6. 1948 Election Win for President Truman. • Progressive Party- (Henry Wallace) • Background as farm journalist, no • experience in politics. • Truman fired him 1946 for praising USSR: • Said the US was pushing Cold War to • distract Americans from domestic • problems (racism, poverty….) • Wanted to repeal the draft • Favored a ban on atomic weapons • States Rights Party – “Dixiecrats” (Strom • Thurmond) • Southern Democrats upset with • MayorHumphrey for pushing civil • rights • Republican Party – (Thomas Dewey) President Truman is able to continue his program since his opposition was divided. • Governor of New York, strongest opponent • Not good with people, viewed as a snob • Truman attacked “80th Do-Nothing Congress”

7. Thomas Dewey Republican Party Henry Wallace Progressive Party Strom Thurmond “Dixiecrats” or States Rights Party

8. Whistle-Stopping A

9. Whistle-Stop Campaign of 1948 • Changes in Political Style • Truman was last candidate to travel the nation by RR to make platform speeches. • 1948 election was first time both party conventions were broadcast on television. • Dewey was first to use “modern” tactics such as his t-shirt slogan “Dew-It With Dewey”. • Truman’s “Whistle-Stops” • Truman and V.P. Alben Barkley were smooth communicators. • Attacked Taft-Hartley Act • Pointed out the many New Deal projects built in the past. • Called Republican Party the party of privilege. • Advisor Clark Clifford advised Truman to tie Dewey to: • Inflation • Housing Shortages • Fears about the future of Social Security • Dewey did not campaign as much, or as well as Truman.

10. 1948 Truman WINS! Train platform at St. Louis Union Station

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12. Truman’s Fair Deal • The Fair Deal promised extension of New Deal for greater economic opportunity for the average American. • Housing Act of 1949 • Had support of Republican Sen. Robt. Taft. • Gave $ to local gov’t. to buy and rebuild slum areas. • Social Security (1950) • Increased benefits 80% • Extended coverage to an additional 10.5 million. • Congress blocked many of Truman’s other ideas - Permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission. - National health insurance program. President Truman

13. Truman’s Fair Deal • 1948 Speech to Democratic National Convention

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