Kennedy’s New Frontier and Cold War Development Policy
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 11 A narrow victory met a divided governing system John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in 1960 by a very small popular-vote margin while Democrats retained Congress. Party labels did not guarantee a liberal majority: southern committee chairs and conservative Republicans could combine against domestic proposals. Kennedy […]
Taft-Hartley, the Fair Deal, and the Election of 1948
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 11 Reconversion revived distributional conflict Victory ended federal war contracts, released millions of service members, and shifted factories toward civilian goods. Pent-up demand met shortages and inflation while workers tried to preserve wartime earnings. In 1946 strikes spread through steel, coal, railroads, automobiles, and electrical manufacturing. These […]
