Chapter 262. Reflections on Truman and the Fair Deal at Home, Chapter 26

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section is that, although Harry Truman received bipartisan support for his foreign policy after World War II, the Cold War, the Republican congress, and anti-Communist hysteria worked together to obstruct his efforts to control economic reconversion and expand New Deal reforms on the home front.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section is that, although Harry Truman received bipartisan support for his foreign policy after World War II, the Cold War, the Republican congress, and anti-Communist hysteria worked together to obstruct his efforts to control economic reconversion and expand New Deal reforms on the home front.

Correct. The answer is a. The author presents the fact that Congress approved only the watered down Full Employment Act of 1946, rejecting twenty other pieces of proposed legislation, to support her argument that Truman’s Republican opponents obstructed his plans for federal control over the process of economic reconversion.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author presents the fact that Congress approved only the watered down Full Employment Act of 1946, rejecting twenty other pieces of proposed legislation, to support her argument that Truman’s Republican opponents obstructed his plans for federal control over the process of economic reconversion.

Correct. The answer is c. To demonstrate that Harry Truman sought to expand the New Deal reforms of the 1930s, the author describes the program of social legislation Truman called the “Fair Deal,” which aimed to build on and enlarge Roosevelt’s New Deal program. The Fair Deal proposed legislation that included improvements to Social Security, increases to the minimum wage, civil rights legislation, and national health insurance, for example.

Incorrect. The answer is c. To demonstrate that Harry Truman sought to expand the New Deal reforms of the 1930s, the author describes the program of social legislation Truman called the “Fair Deal,” which aimed to build on and enlarge Roosevelt’s New Deal program. The Fair Deal proposed legislation that included improvements to Social Security, increases to the minimum wage, civil rights legislation, and national health insurance, for example.

Correct. The answer is d. The author argues that the Cold War heightened U.S. leaders' sensitivity to racial issues after World War II. As the Soviet Union issued propaganda that highlighted racial injustice in the United States, leaders like Dean Acheson came to recognize that systemic segregation and discrimination endangered the United States’ “moral leadership of the free and democratic nations of the world.”

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author argues that the Cold War heightened U.S. leaders' sensitivity to racial issues after World War II. As the Soviet Union issued propaganda that highlighted racial injustice in the United States, leaders like Dean Acheson came to recognize that systemic segregation and discrimination endangered the United States’ “moral leadership of the free and democratic nations of the world.”

Correct. The answer is a. The author argues that domestic anticommunism emerged for a variety of factors, but one of these was partisan politics. Republicans jumped on events such as the Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe and the Communist triumph in China to accuse Democrats of fostering internal subversion and discredit their legislative agenda.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author argues that domestic anticommunism emerged for a variety of factors, but one of these was partisan politics. Republicans jumped on events such as the Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe and the Communist triumph in China to accuse Democrats of fostering internal subversion and discredit their legislative agenda.

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