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adopt a strong civil rights plank.

At the 1948 Democratic convention, Minneapolis mayor and liberal Hubert Humphrey urged his party to

Jackie Robinson

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when ________ played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Henry Wallace, a Progressive

During the 1948 election, which candidate was MOST critical of the current administration's anti-Soviet policies?

Republican control of Congress.

In response to Truman's actions and policies up to that point, the 1946 congressional elections resulted in

enlarge the new deal

On the domestic front, President Truman soon made clear his intention to

racist nature of opponents of the United States, such as the Nazis, during the war.

One major reason that the Second World War inspired postwar changes in race relations in the United States was the

Truman's upset victory

The 1948 election is probably best remembered for

social welfare programs.

Truman viewed the results of the 1948 election as a mandate for

It provided loans to veterans for education, job training, and the building of homes and businesses.

What was the role of the GI Bill?

They supported states' rights and racial segregation.

What was the stance of the Dixiecrats in the 1948 campaign?

temporarily seize those industries.

When confronted with strikes in the coal and railroad industries in 1946, President Truman's response was to

Most of them were simply extensions or enlargements of New Deal programs, and a bipartisan conservative coalition in Congress successfully stopped their passage.

Which of the following is true of Truman's Fair Deal proposals by and large?

It allowed the president to impose a "cooling-off" period during major strikes.

Which of the following is true of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947?

In a number of southwestern states, schools segregated Mexican American children from white children, and Mexican American veterans often were denied benefits available to white veterans.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the experiences of Mexican Americans following the Second World War?

Truman had not yet successfully cast away the widespread impression that he was not up to the role of president, and most political analysts assumed he would lose the next election.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the political climate as the 1948 election approached?

high rates of inflation

Which of the following was a major economic problem that President Truman faced immediately after the war?