Truman Jobs During World War 2

Growth of Employment 1. GI Bill of Rights -The GI Bill of Rights encouraged veterans to get an education by paying a part of their tuition. It guaranteed 1 year's worth of unemployment benefits while a veteran was job hunting. It also gave out low-interest, federally guaranteed loans. 2. White Collar Jobs -White collar jobs are jobs with high prestige. They are higher class jobs done by professionals. They are often less laborious. 3. Service Sector Jobs -Service sector jobs provide services instead of goods. Includes government services, transportation, communications, retail trade, finances, insurance, real estate, and business services. 4. Professional Sector Jobs - Jobs that have a high level of prestige such as doctors,
lawyers, etc. 5. Consumerism - People had more money to spend due to copious amounts of saving during the war, and they were able to spend on credit rather than paying up front. The advertising business boomed. People were investing in vehicles, homes, and many leisure time activities. 6. Franchise - A company that offers similar products or services in many different locations. I.E. Fast food restaurants that use assembly line methods of cooking.

II. Influence of mexican immigrants 1. Labor - Braceros (Hired hands that were allowed into the U.S. to harvest crops for low wages) took away from American jobs. 2. Culture - Many cultural aspects influenced American culture, such as traditional Hispanic foods, dances, and music. 3. Immigration Act of 1965 - Opened the doors for many non-European immigrants to settle into the U.S. and ended quotas based on nationality.

III. Truman Labor Policy 1. Drafting Striking Workers - Truman threatened striking workers that he would enlist them into the United States Army, seize the steel mill lands, and then enlist them to do the jobs they were striking. This successfully ended the strikes 2. Seize Land - Eisenhower and Truman both tried to seize land form the steel industry to end strikes. The supreme court ruled in Steel & Tube Co .V. Sawyer, that Eisenhower could not seize the steel mill's land. Truman however, used the threat of drafting the striking employees, taking over the mills, and then enlisting the new soldiers back into their previous jobs.

IV. Government Spending 1. California Master Plan - Increased the overall efficiency in the higher education system, it also produced a greater number of graduates from colleges. 2. Defense Spending -Eisenhower focused on Nuclear weapons, and Kennedy spent large amounts of money for a "flexible response system" that sent money into various types of military programs so that the U.S was prepared to take any course of action needed. The United States Army was built up considerably, and the nuclear weapons under the nations control were tripled 3.
GI Bill of Rights - Designed to provide financial aid and educational benefits to the World War Two veterans that had returned form combat.

V. Increase Power of The President 1. FDR (Court Packing) - Court Packing was supposedly designed to relieve the workload of The Supreme Court, but really it filled The Supreme Court with Kennedy's cronies that would help to pass any legislation that he proposed. 2. Truman (Military) - Truman served in WWI, and used his experience as a backbone of his defense strategies. He ended racial discrimination in the armed forces, and he also made the decision to utilize the use of nuclear weapons against Japan in WWII 3. Eisenhower (Striking Employees) - It was ruled in Steel & Tube Co .V. Sawyer that President Eisenhower could not seize the steel mills' lands. The strike was successful for the workers. 4. Kennedy (Civil Rights) - Kennedy's brother bailed out Martin Luther King Jr, and the President himself was open about his support for civil and racial equality. 5. LBJ (Great Society) - President Lyndon Blaines Johnson wanted to put an end to poverty and racial injustice. This policy of a "Great Society" promoted a higher standard of living for all. 6. Nixon
(Watergate)
Scandal under the Nixon Administration that attempted to cover up its involvement in the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex.

7.
Executive order -Executive order gave military officials the power to limit the civil rights of Japanese Americans. 8. Executive privilege -Nixon openly sought to use “executive privilege” on a number of occasions to circumvent the wishes of Congress and the Supreme Court. 9. Executive agreement -As the number of nations with whom the United States has relations increases in a given period, the president is more likely to use executive agreements.

VI. Diverse environmental regions of North America 1. Local economies -After World War II, the United States converted from a wartime to a peacetime economy. -Rising unemployment was one of the nation’s economic problems. 2. Regional environmental problems -Air pollution had a huge effect on the environment. -Waste was thrown into water sources- such as rivers- and it would not decompose causing a contamination of the fish.

VII. Effects on society and the economy 1.Computer revolution
The computer industry transformed the 1980’s. Instead of giant mainframes and minicomputers, desktop workstations now ruled business.
Home computers became widely available. 2. Changes in
communication -Through electronic connection, such as a television cable or phone line, users accessed an array of media. Users were able to communicate with people all over the world. 3. Advances in communication -With the rapid growth in the communications industry, the federal government took several steps to ensure that consumers received the best service. 4. Improvements in agriculture -Improvements in agriculture consisted of genetically improved products, increased crop rotations and irrigation techniques.