Chapter 27 section 2
What happened when employers refused to raise wages?
Labor unions called strikes
How did this law help returning GIs?
Provides loans for GI's to attend college
What laws from trumans fair deal did congress pass after the election?
Raise minimum wage, expand social security
What caused prices to surge after the war?
Removal of price controls
What bill did congress introduce in 1947 to limit the power of labor unions?
Taft hartly Bill
How did Truman campaign against Thomas Dewey as the winner of the 1948 election?
Went on a speaking tour and attacked congress
What newspaper wrongly declared Dewey as the winner of 1948 election?
Chicago daily tribune
What slogan helped the republicans win control of congress in 1946?
Had enough?
How did president Harry Truman force striking miners back to work and help them at the same time?
He had the government take over the mines to grant their demands
In what war did this law threaten the economy
Inflation
Why was Truman he underdog in the election of 1948?
Economic problems
What steps did Harry Truman take to advance the civil rights of African Americans
Ended discrimination in the armed forces
What is anothee name for the aervice Readjestment act?
GI bill of rights
