Truman was a Democrat, and Dwight Eisenhower was a Republican. However, the two men did not always act along party lines and, in some cases, took similar approaches to governing. In an expository essay, compare and contrast the domestic agendas of these two presidents of the postwar era

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Truman was a Democrat, and Dwight Eisenhower was a Republican. However, the two men did not always act along party lines and, in some cases, took similar approaches to governing. In an expository essay, compare and contrast the domestic agendas of these two presidents of the postwar era

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-Fair Deal:

-Social Security

-minimum wage increase

-federal spending to create jobs

-public housing

-long-range environmental & public works planning

-national health insurance

-civil rights bill for = voting rights

-against employment discrimination

-against military segregation

-GI Bill:

-boost economy & support veterans through education subsidies and low interest loans to buy homes

-Truman vetoed Taft-Hartley Act: Truman did NOT want to outlaw the closed shop; T pro-union.; Congress passed Act over Truman's veto