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Chapter 13 Postwar Politics Practice

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

After the war, industries had to shift from producing war materials to making
a.
more textiles.
c.
consumer goods.
b.
more farm machinery.
d.
cold war materials.
 

 2. 

What did President Truman threaten to do to the striking miners and railroad workers?
a.
fire them
c.
draft them into the army
b.
send them to jail
d.
send them to labor camps
 

 3. 

What slogan helped the Republicans win control of both houses of Congress in the 1946 elections?
a.
Had Enough?
c.
A Better Country with Republicans
b.
Beat the Communists
d.
No More War!
 

 4. 

The winner of the 1948 presidential election was
a.
Thomas Dewey.
c.
Strom Thurmond.
b.
Harry S. Truman.
d.
Henry Wallace.
 

 5. 

Truman took serious steps to improve the civil rights of
a.
women.
c.
Native Americans.
b.
immigrants.
d.
African Americans.
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 6. 

Many workers went on strike during the years of ____________________.
 

 

 7. 

The ____________________ allowed the government to stop any strike that endangered public health or safety.
 

 

 8. 

Another name for the States' Rights Democratic Party was ____________________.
 

 

 9. 

President ____________________ won reelection in 1948.
 

 

 10. 

After the 1948 election, Truman reintroduced his Fair Deal legislation because ____________________ regained control of the House and Senate.
 

 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Fair Deal
d.
inflation
b.
Thomas Dewey
e.
Taft-Harley Act
c.
desegregate
 

 11. 

was expected to win the 1948 election
 

 12. 

rise in prices
 

 13. 

Harry S. Truman's domestic reforms
 

 14. 

outlawed closed shops
 

 15. 

to end separation of races
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

What were some aspects of Truman’s Fair Deal?
 

 17. 

Why were Americans eager for new goods and services?
 

 18. 

Who criticized the Taft-Hartley Act?
 

 19. 

What new organization was created from the National Security Act?
 

 20. 

What was the Fair Deal policy towards individuals who were discriminated against?
 



 
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