1949 State of the Union Address

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State of the Union Address political speech

The 1949 State of the Union Address was President Harry S. Truman’s annual message to Congress in which he outlined his ambitious postwar domestic reform agenda known as the Fair Deal.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	State of the Union Address → political speech →
author	Harry S. Truman →
broadcastOn	early television → radio →
city	Washington, D.C. →
constitutionalBasis	Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
date	1949-01-05 →
describedAs	annual message to Congress → outline of the Fair Deal domestic program →
era	post–World War II period →
focusesOn	Fair Deal →
followedBy	1950 State of the Union Address →
givenBy	Harry S. Truman →
governmentalFunction	report on the state of the nation →
governmentBranchAddressed	legislative branch of the United States →
governmentLevel	federal →
hasFullTextAvailableAt	American Presidency Project → U.S. Government Publishing Office →
houseAddressed	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
isPartOfSeries	annual presidential messages to Congress →
language	English →
legislativeBodyAddressed	United States Congress →
location	United States Capitol →
mainPurpose	present legislative program → propose expansion of New Deal–style reforms →
mediaType	speech →
partOf	State of the Union addresses → presidency of Harry S. Truman →
politicalContext	beginning of Truman’s elected full term → early Cold War →
positionHeldBySpeaker	President of the United States →
precededBy	1948 State of the Union Address →
presidentialAdministration	Truman administration →
relatedPoliticalProgram	Fair Deal →
speakerParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
timePeriodOfEvent	81st United States Congress →
topic	civil rights → economic policy → education policy → health care policy → housing policy → labor policy → postwar domestic reform → social welfare policy →
year	1949 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fair Deal → Point Four Program →	announcedIn
1950 State of the Union Address →	follows
1949 State of the Union Address ("State of the Union addresses") →	partOf
1949 State of the Union Address ("1948 State of the Union Address") →	precededBy