Truman's Unsuccessful Veto of the Taft-Hartley Act Was Motivated by

question 40

Multiple Choice

Truman's unsuccessful veto of the Taft-Hartley Act was motivated by

• A) postwar shortages of manufactured goods.
• B) pressure from former vice president Henry Wallace.
• C) Democratic losses in the 1946 midterm elections.
• D) the popularity of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act.

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Definitions:

Federal Expenditures

The spending by the federal government, including spending on defense, education, public welfare, and infrastructure projects.

National Debt

is the total amount of money that a country's government has borrowed, by various means, and has not yet repaid.

Top Marginal Tax Rate

The highest tax rate applied to the last dollar of taxable income, affecting the highest income earners within a progressive tax system.

1980

A year marked by significant global events including the eruption of Mount St. Helens and the election of Ronald Reagan as the President of the United States.