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Presidential Campaign of 1948: Using Political Cartoons. The Truman administration was no stranger to the sneers and jeers of political cartoonists. Facing such controversial issues as the desegregation of the armed forces, dropping of the atomic bomb, the cold war, the fair deal, the Republican takeover of Congress, and the 1948 presidential ...
Finish the semester strong with Britannica. United States presidential election of 1948, American presidential election held on Nov. 2, 1948, in which Democratic Pres. Harry S. Truman defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey. The roots of the 1948 election date to 1940, when Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to run for an unprecedented third.
Oct 31, 2018 · Truman shocked the world when he won the 1948 presidential election the next day, earning 303 Electoral College votes to Thomas E. Dewey’s 189. Learn more about Truman’s harrowing 1948 campaign and his years in the presidency at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Plan your visit today. This story originally appeared in the 1948 ...
An All-New Exhibition at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum. Opening May 30, 2024. With the world watching the pivotal 2024 election, a new Truman Library exhibition recalls the biggest political upset in U.S. history. Promising Americans a “Fair Deal” while campaigning against a “do-nothing Congress,” Truman changed the ...
President Harry S. Truman Speaks to Crowd at Train Station (1948-10-11) by Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum at the National Archives and Records Administration U.S. National Archives. As the crowds grew larger and encouraged President Truman to "Give 'em hell," Truman responded enthusiastically.
The instructor will then show students Rockwell’s painting concerning the divisive nature of the 1948 Presidential Election, and an in-depth discussion will follow, focusing on the not-so-obvious aspects of the painting and how they factor into the interpretation of the painting. After identifying the obvious—the man supports Dewey and the ...
The election results were a stunner. Truman carried 28 states, winning 24,105,812 votes or 49.6 percent of the popular vote to Dewey’s 21,970,065 or 45.1 percent. Truman’s come-from-behind, whistle-stop tour was an unexpected success. The four-month marathon on the rails energized his underdog campaign and pushed a struggling president to a ...
