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Truman 1945-53, inflation problems, civil rights, council of economic…
Truman 1945-53
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domestic policies
strikes
Late 1945 to 1946, a wave of strikes hit the steel, coal, auto, and railroad industries,
threatened conscription to the army and even took the miners union to court, most backed down but damaged trumans reputation
taft Hartley bill, June 1947, limited the power of labor unions, Truman vetoed but it is still passed
1951-51 steel mills are seized by Truman after extensive strikes, congress calls this unconstitutional, Truman is overalled
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civil rights
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1947, adressed the NAACP, declared his forthright support of African-American civil rights. Speaking to a crowd of 10,000,
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