Truman's Program Quiz

What did Truman want to expand as part of his legislative agenda?

• Veteran benefits

• Social Security benefits

• Unemployment benefits

• Education benefits

What did Truman ask Congress to pass in February 1948?

• Foreign aid bill

• Tax cut bill

• Civil rights bill

• Agricultural reform bill

Who was Truman's new Republican opponent in the 1948 election?

• Strom Thurmond

• Thomas Dewey

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Henry A. Wallace

What did Truman name his program in his 1949 State of the Union address?

• New Deal

• Great Society

• Square Deal

• Fair Deal

What did the 81st Congress raise to 75 cents an hour?

• Veteran benefits

• Unemployment benefits

• Social Security benefits

• Minimum wage

What did Congress pass in 1949 to allow the construction of low-income housing?

• National Housing Act

• National Education Act

• National Security Act

• National Health Insurance Act

What did Congress not pass as part of Truman's Fair Deal?

• Social Security Benefits

• National health insurance

• Increased Minimum Wage

• Public Housing Programs

Who supported Truman in the 1948 election?

• Laborers, African Americans, and farmers

• Conservative Republicans

• Dixiecrats

• Progressive Party members

What did Truman's attacks on the majority Republican Congress (Do Nothing) lead people to believe?

• Congress had passed all of Truman's proposals

• Congress had passed only civil rights legislation

• Congress had passed some of Truman's proposals

• Congress had not passed any of Truman's proposals