Election+of+1948+(Fair+Deal)

__**The Fair Deal**__ The Fair Deal also known as the full-employment law, Fair Employment Practices and Progressive Legislation was passed in 1946. Had a lot of laws being asked for such as the health insurance, higher minimum wages, housing assistance, better support for farmers and full employment. Truman would go fight with the Congress what he wanted was to make a transition to the economy, presented a Congress 21-point program included all of the promises Truman was trying to accomplish by passing the clearance act, minimum wage and extending social security benefits to about ten million people. Harry Truman would spend his time to fight with the congress as it would cut and reducing and spending taxes. Election of 1948 was one of the most memorabel elections there ever was, on the banner of the front page it was a huge mistake to have them say 'DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" president Harry S. Truman was expecting to lose to Republican, Governor Thomas E. Dewey although at the end Truman ended up winning the election after all. There was another Act involed the one Roosevelt came along with the Square Deal.