Truman's fair deal

1. Which Fair Deal Program was
the most important?
5 Finger Vote

2. GI Bill, 1944
• Provided veterans
with financial aid
for college and job
training programs
• Provided vets with
favored status in
job application and
loan process
• Est VA hospitals
and health care
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

3. Employment Act of 1946
• Called for
“maximum
employment”
• Est the Council of
Economic
Advisors
• Recommend goals
based on
microeconomic
research
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

4. Hill Burton Act, 1946
• Provided federal
aid to assist in
construction of
hospitals
• Required hospitals
receiving federal
aid to provide
emergency
treatment to
uninsured (poor)
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

5. Executive Order 9981 (1948)
• Integrated US
military forces
• Est committee to
investigate and
enforce the policy
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

6. Housing Act of 1949
• Provided federal
funds to
810,000 public
housing projects
• Provided funds
to clear slums
(urban renewal)
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

7. Social Security Act, 1950
• Extended
coverage 10.5
million more
Americans
(farmers, domestic
employees, self
employed)
• Raised the
minimum wage
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

8. Compare and Contrast the
New Deal and Fair Deal