Republicans win control of Congress

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1948 Elections

• Republicans win control of Congress
• Presidential Nominee Thomas E. Dewey
• Progressive Party
• Henry A. Wallace
• Assailed
• Get tough with Russia policy
• Dollar Imperialism
• Greater cooperation with the S.U.
• States Rights Democratic
• Dixiecrat
• Strom Thurmond
• Governor- South Carolina
• We stand for the segregation of the races and
  the racial integrity of each race.

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1948 ELECTIONS

• Democrats Truman
• Give em hell campaigns
• Issues
• Taft-Hartley Act
• Improved labor benefits
• Health insurance

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The Fair Deal
Everyone Has a right to expect from our
Government a fair deal

• Improved housing
• Civil Rights
• Higher minimum wage
• National Health Insurance
• Extension of Social Security
• Success
• Minimum Wage
• Raised 40 to 75 Cents
• Housing Act of 1949
• Constructed 810,000 low-income housing
• Extension of old-age insurance

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Reconstruction in Asia

• Japan
• Occupied- American Army
• General MacArthur
• Goal
• Democratization of Japan
• Adopted
• MacArthur-dictated constitution
• Renounced militarism
• Western-Style Democratic Government
• China
• Struggle Communists and Nationalists
• Nationalists Jiang Jieshi
• Communists Mao Zedong
• 1949 Jiang- forced to flee- Taiwan
• 500 million fell to communism

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Korean War

• Korea
• Soviet U.S. troops
• Japanese surrender
• 38th Parallel
• Both promised unification
• 1949 withdraw troops
• 1950
• North Korean troops cross the 38th Parallel
• NSC-68
• Orders a military build-up
• 3.5 million men
• 50 billion a year
• U.N. support
• Truman orders air/naval units
• U.N. appointed operation to be Commanded by
  General MacArthur

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"It was in open defiance of my orders as
President and Commander in Chief......By this act
MacArthur left me no choice.....I could no longer
tolerate his insubordination."
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1952 Elections

• Republicans
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Promises to go to Korea
• Running Mate Richard Nixon
• Red-Hunter
• Campaign
• Assailed corruption of opponents
• Checkers Speech
• Democrats
• Adlai Stevenson
• Governor, Illinois

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Eisenhower

• Popular War Hero
• Wartime Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in
  Europe
• Army Chief of Staff postwar
• First Supreme Commander of NATO forces 1950-52
• President of Colombia University
• Glowing personality
• Civil Rights
• Could have used his personality