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Date Posted: 21:00:07 03/04/03 Tue
Author: MaLlOrY
Subject: last 2 sections

Fair Deal Rejected
A. Truman�s �Fair Deal�
1. called for expansion of Social Security benefits
2. raised legal minimum wage
3. permanent Fair Employment Practices Act
4. public housing
5. government promotion of scientific research
6. federal aid
7. nationalization of atomic energy
8. national health insurance
B. Republicans did not like new deal
1. used slogan �Had Enough?�
2. won control of both houses of congress
3. Republicans quickly moved to reduce government spending
4. inflation increased
C. Taft � Hartley Act (Labor- Management Relations Act) 1947
1. made �closed shops� illegal
a. workplace where nobody can be hired unless they are a union member
2. permitted creation of �union shops�
a. workers must join a union after being hired
3. workers and union leaders were outraged
a. they called it �slave labor bill�
4. congress passed act

The Nuclear Age
A. Conflicting Views of Nuclear Power
1. postwar culture was torn
2. fear of atomic weapons
a. American films portrayed the loneliness of individuals in an impersonal world
i. �Twilight Zone�
b. schools often practiced drill in case of an attack
c. fallout shelters became popular
3. America also saw it as glamorous
a. nuclear power is cheap and unlimited
b. Americans thought it would bring �prosperity and a more complete life�

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