Truman administration domestic policy

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Truman administration domestic policy refers to President Harry S. Truman’s post–World War II agenda focused on expanding New Deal–style social welfare, civil rights, and economic reforms under the banner of the Fair Deal.

Aliases (2)
  • Truman administration ×1
  • Truman administration civil rights program ×1

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal policy
domestic policy agenda
alsoKnownAs Fair Deal domestic agenda
appliesToJurisdiction United States
country United States
endTime 1953
follows Franklin D. Roosevelt administration domestic policy
hasPart 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Brannan Plan for agricultural reform
Committee on Civil Rights
Council of Economic Advisers
Employment Act of 1946
Employment stabilization policies
Fair Deal
Fair Employment Practices proposals
GI Bill implementation
Housing Act of 1949
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Korean War mobilization controls
Labor–Management Relations Act of 1947
National Security Act of 1947
Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Second Hoover Commission
Taft–Hartley Act
anti-communist internal security measures
attempt to outlaw the poll tax
civil rights program of 1947–1948
desegregation of the United States armed forces
desegregation of the federal workforce
expansion of federal role in economic planning
expansion of public housing
expansion of unemployment insurance proposals
extension of Social Security coverage
federal rent controls in the late 1940s
increase in the federal minimum wage
loyalty program for federal employees
postwar demobilization management
price and wage controls during postwar reconversion
public power development proposals
reorganization of the executive branch
report "To Secure These Rights"
steel seizure during 1952 labor dispute
support for anti-lynching legislation
support for civil rights legislation
support for farm price supports
support for federal aid to education
support for national health insurance
veterans’ benefits expansion
headOfGovernment Harry S. Truman
ideology American liberalism
New Deal liberalism
namedAfter Harry S. Truman
partOf Truman administration
startTime 1945

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Committee on Civil Rights ("Truman administration civil rights program")
Fair Deal
Truman administration domestic policy ("Truman administration")
partOf

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