AMSCO APUSH CHAPTER 26 56
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill) - answer helped transition veterans to a peacetime
economy: gave them money to continue education and go to college, low-interest loans to buy
homes and farms
baby boom - answer younger marriages and larger families resulted in 50 million babies born
between 1945 and 1960 and focused women's attention on raising children
suburban growth - answer William J. Levitt promoted and built Levittown to provide homes for
families. low interest rates and tax deductibles made it possible for families to move to the
suburb. by 1960s cities from boston to los angeles became racially divided
Sunbelt - answer warmer climate, lower taxes, and economic opportunities attracted many
people to the states from florida to california. because of the shift of people and industry
political power shifted there as well.
Harry Truman - answer a Democratic senator from Missouri who became the president and
helped to pass the EMployment Act of 1946.
Employment Act of 1946 - answer Truman urged COngress to pass this which included national
health insurance, an increase in the minimum wage, and a bill to commit the US gov't to
maintaining full employment. promoted national economic welfare. created the Council of
Economic Advisers
Council of Economic Advisers - answer created by the Employment Act of 1946 to counsel the
president and Congress on promoting national economic welfare
, inflation; strikes - answer inflation rate increased to 25% and workers and unions wanted wages
to catch up after years of wage controls, resulting in railroad strikes. truman had to seize mines
and use soldiers to push down the strikes.
Committee on Civil Rights - answer created by Truman to challenge racial discrimination and
stop discrimination in departments of the federal government and the armed forces.
Twenty-second Amendment - answer proposed by the Republican-dominated Congress- a
president was limited to a maximum of two full terms in office
Taft-Hartley Act (1947) - answer was made to check the growing power of unions: outlawed the
contract that required workers to join a union before being hired, permitted states to pass "right
to work laws" which meant they didnt have to be in unions, outlawed secondary boycotts, and
gave the president power to invoke an 80-day cooling period before a strike could be called
Progressive party - answer formed by the Liberal Democrats because they didn't like Truman's
aggressive foreign policy
Henry Wallace - answer nominated by the new Progressive party
States-Rights Party (Dixiecrats) - answer Southern Democrats who didn't like Truman's support
for civil rights, and chose J. Strom Thurmond as candidate
J. Strom Thurmond - answer candidate for the Dixiecrats
Thomas Dewey - answer nominated by the Republicans, but his campaign was really boring
Fair Deal - answer launched by Truman to enact national health care insurance, federal aid to
education, civil rights legislation, funds for public housing, and a new farm program
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill) - answer helped transition veterans to a peacetime
economy: gave them money to continue education and go to college, low-interest loans to buy
homes and farms
baby boom - answer younger marriages and larger families resulted in 50 million babies born
between 1945 and 1960 and focused women's attention on raising children
suburban growth - answer William J. Levitt promoted and built Levittown to provide homes for
families. low interest rates and tax deductibles made it possible for families to move to the
suburb. by 1960s cities from boston to los angeles became racially divided
Sunbelt - answer warmer climate, lower taxes, and economic opportunities attracted many
people to the states from florida to california. because of the shift of people and industry
political power shifted there as well.
Harry Truman - answer a Democratic senator from Missouri who became the president and
helped to pass the EMployment Act of 1946.
Employment Act of 1946 - answer Truman urged COngress to pass this which included national
health insurance, an increase in the minimum wage, and a bill to commit the US gov't to
maintaining full employment. promoted national economic welfare. created the Council of
Economic Advisers
Council of Economic Advisers - answer created by the Employment Act of 1946 to counsel the
president and Congress on promoting national economic welfare
, inflation; strikes - answer inflation rate increased to 25% and workers and unions wanted wages
to catch up after years of wage controls, resulting in railroad strikes. truman had to seize mines
and use soldiers to push down the strikes.
Committee on Civil Rights - answer created by Truman to challenge racial discrimination and
stop discrimination in departments of the federal government and the armed forces.
Twenty-second Amendment - answer proposed by the Republican-dominated Congress- a
president was limited to a maximum of two full terms in office
Taft-Hartley Act (1947) - answer was made to check the growing power of unions: outlawed the
contract that required workers to join a union before being hired, permitted states to pass "right
to work laws" which meant they didnt have to be in unions, outlawed secondary boycotts, and
gave the president power to invoke an 80-day cooling period before a strike could be called
Progressive party - answer formed by the Liberal Democrats because they didn't like Truman's
aggressive foreign policy
Henry Wallace - answer nominated by the new Progressive party
States-Rights Party (Dixiecrats) - answer Southern Democrats who didn't like Truman's support
for civil rights, and chose J. Strom Thurmond as candidate
J. Strom Thurmond - answer candidate for the Dixiecrats
Thomas Dewey - answer nominated by the Republicans, but his campaign was really boring
Fair Deal - answer launched by Truman to enact national health care insurance, federal aid to
education, civil rights legislation, funds for public housing, and a new farm program
