12/2-7 Politics in the 1950s

Ch. 20 Sec 3 Reading Guide
1. What was Truman’s first priority for the economy after WWII?
2. What was the mood of the working man in 1946?
3. What was the Taft-Hartley Act? Did Truman accept it?
4. What happened to Truman’s approval ratings in 1946? What were two popular sayings about Truman?
5. What happened in the midterm elections of 1946? Who controlled the Congress?
6. What did Truman do for Civil Rights?
7. How did Truman rally for the 1948 election? What was the result of the election?
8. What does the picture on p. 683 depict? How is this funny and ironic?
9. What did the 22nd Amendment do?
10. What was a snag that Eisenhower’s campaign ran into in September 1952?
11. How did Nixon stay on the ticket?
12. By what margin did Ike beat Stevenson in 1952? In 1956?
13. What was Modern Republicanism? How did this mirror Ike’s leadership style?
14. How did Ike show that he favored big business? What were the criticisms with his cabinet?
15. How did the U.S. government respond to the launch of Sputnik?
16. What was the National Defense Education Act?


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