Presidential election of 1948

Who was Democratic nominee?

• Strom Thurmond

• Thomas Dewey

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

Who was the Republican nominee

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Thomas Dewey

• Harry Truman

• Donald Trump

Strom Thurmond ran on a _________ platform

• Anti-civil rights

• Proslavery

• Anti-union

• Anti-communist

Henry Wallace attack Truman stance on

• Civil rights

• Foreign policy

• War mongering

• Imperialism

The famous newspaper headline by the Chicago Daily Tribune read

• "Truman Triumphs Again"

• "Big Presidential Upset"

• "Dewey Defeats Truman"

• "Missouri Man Wins Election"

One of Trumans campaign promises

• Drop the atomic bomb on Japan

• Raise the minimum wage

• End prohibition

• Support the Taft-Hartley Act

Who won the election

• Thomas Dewey

• George Wallace

• Strom Thurmond

• Harry Truman