Chapter 36 Overview of Domestic Developments

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Chapter 36Overview of Domestic Developments
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GI Bill (1944)

• The Servicemens Readjustment Act benefits
  included
•  money for college or job training
•  loans for homes, farms, or businesses
•  unemployment pay of 20 a week for up to a year
•  assistance finding jobs

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Taft-Hartley Act (1947)

• The Labor-Management Relations Act, commonly
  known as the Taft-Hartley Act, is a United States
  federal law that greatly restricts the activities
  and power of labor unions. The Act, still largely
  in effect, was passed over U.S. President Harry
  S. Truman, in 1947. Among other things, it
  outlawed the closed shop (union-only work place).

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Migration to the Sunbelt
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Levittown Suburbanization

• Affordable, mass-produced housing
• How did rapid suburbanization affect the US?

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Baby Boom
Number of births in the United States, 1934 to
present
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The Second Red Scare
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Causes
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Federal Efforts to Eradicate Communism at Home

• Federal Employees Loyalty Program
• House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
• Senate investigation led by Joseph McCarthy

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Truman Desegregates the Military

• Executive Order No. 9981 on July 26 1948 "It is
  hereby declared to be the policy of the President
  that there shall be equality of treatment and
  opportunity for all persons in the armed services
  without regard to race, color, religion, or
  national origin."

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The Dixiecrats

• Mayor Hubert Humphrey of Minneapolis urging the
  Democratic party to adopt an anti-segregationist
  plank in its platform, which it did.
• Southern delegates walked out and formed the
  States Rights Dixiecrat Party and supported
  Strom Thurmond for the presidency instead of
  Truman.

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Election of 1948
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Dont Believe What You Read in the Paper
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The Fair Deal

• Announced in the 1949 State of the Union address.
• It was an ambitious program to improve housing,
  increase the minimum wage, extend social
  security, and increase support for farmers.
• Due to congressional opposition, little was
  accomplished.