Fair Deal

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United States federal government program domestic policy program

The Fair Deal was President Harry S. Truman’s ambitious post–World War II domestic reform program aimed at expanding social welfare, civil rights, and economic opportunity in the United States.

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Label Occurrences
Fair Deal canonical 11
Fair Deal domestic program 3
Fair Deal domestic agenda 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government program ⓘ
domestic policy program ⓘ
aimedAt expanding civil rights ⓘ
expanding economic opportunity ⓘ
expanding social welfare ⓘ
announcedIn 1949 State of the Union Address ⓘ
appliesToDemographic American workers ⓘ
farmers ⓘ
low-income Americans ⓘ
the elderly ⓘ
chronology after World War II and before the Great Society ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs ambitious domestic reform program ⓘ
continuation and expansion of New Deal liberalism ⓘ
follows New Deal ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States ⓘ
hasKeyFigure President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
hasPart civil rights measures ⓘ
expansion of Social Security ⓘ
farm price supports ⓘ
federal aid to education ⓘ
housing programs ⓘ
increase in the federal minimum wage ⓘ
national health insurance proposal ⓘ
public works programs ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the transition from the New Deal to the modern liberal welfare state agenda in the United States ⓘ
inspiredBy New Deal ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
opposedBy Southern Democrats ⓘ
conservative coalition in Congress ⓘ
many Republicans in Congress ⓘ
partOf Truman administration domestic policy ⓘ
policyArea civil rights policy ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
social policy ⓘ
politicalPartySupport Democratic Party ⓘ
proposedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
proposedByOfficeholder 33rd president of the United States ⓘ
significantOutcome Housing Act of 1949 ⓘ
Social Security coverage expansion ⓘ
failure of national health insurance proposal ⓘ
increase in the federal minimum wage in 1949 ⓘ
limited progress on civil rights legislation ⓘ
strengthening of federal role in housing policy ⓘ
startTime 1949 ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ

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President Harry S. Truman → implementedPolicy → Fair Deal ⓘ
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New Deal → followedBy → Fair Deal ⓘ
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum → focusesOn → Fair Deal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Deal domestic program
Truman administration domestic policy → hasPart → Fair Deal ⓘ
Truman administration domestic policy → hasPart → Fair Deal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Employment Practices proposals
Truman administration domestic policy → alsoKnownAs → Fair Deal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Deal domestic agenda
1949 State of the Union Address → focusesOn → Fair Deal ⓘ
1949 State of the Union Address → relatedPoliticalProgram → Fair Deal ⓘ
Great Society → follows → Fair Deal ⓘ
Fifth Party System in United States politics → associatedWithPolicy → Fair Deal ⓘ
81st United States Congress → associatedWith → Fair Deal ⓘ
Truman administration → significantEvent → Fair Deal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Deal domestic program
Truman administration → domesticProgram → Fair Deal ⓘ
Harry S. Truman for his advocacy of national health insurance → notableFor → Fair Deal ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry S. Truman
this entity surface form: Fair Deal domestic program
Harry S. Truman for his advocacy of national health insurance → proposed → Fair Deal ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry S. Truman
conservative coalition in Congress → opposed → Fair Deal ⓘ