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Fair Deal Policy and President Truman

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Describe Truman's goals in his Fair Deal domestic policy. Evaluate his successes and failures in accomplishing those goals. Use APA format.

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A description of President Harry Truman's Fair Deal Domestic Policy and what was successful and what he failed at implementing.

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The following were goals that President Truman hoped to accomplish with his Fair Deal domestic policy.

1. He felt that it was up to the United States government to create and guarantee economic and social stability to all Americans.

Following the war, the first thing Truman tried to accomplish with the Fair Deal policy was to create a peacetime economy. Servicemen who were overseas were eager to return home and often faced many obstacles once they returned to the states. Obstacles included finding affordable and appropriate housing and employment.

2. After the war, there was a lot of ...

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