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Truman is Born
Harry was born in the small town of Lamar, Missourithe and was the first of three children and he was born May 8, 1884 to the parents of John Anderson and Martha Ellen Truman. -
Postwar Inflation
Two years after the war, consumer prices rose only 8% while the total cost of living rose 28%. The National War Labor Board tried to contain restriction by limiting wage increases and Congress gave the president the power in 1942 to freeze wages to help combat inflation. -
G.I. Bill of Rights, 1944
Congress enacted the bill to provide living allowances, tuition fees, supplies, medical treatment, and loans for homes and businesses. helped to stimulate economic growth and the accumulation of wartime profits, new factories and equipment. -
Truman takes office
He served as vice president just 82 days before Roosevelt died of a massive stroke. -
Truman becomes the president
he was sworn in as president April 12th 1945 becuase of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's declinig health. -
extension of the OPA vetoed
Congress instituted a ration program to conserve materials and battle inflation. Because of opposition from food producers, manufacturers, and retailers, Truman vetoed the bill that would have extended O.P.A.’s life, which ending price controls. -
Employment Act of 1946
Truman promised economic growth and established the Council of Economic Advisors to assist the president in maximizing employment, production, and purchasing power. Wary of federal deficit spending and increased presidential powers, Congress cut the goal of full employment. -
Fair Deal
this added housing, conservation, economic security, health insurance, federal aid to education, agricultural subsidies, increased the minimum wage, expanded social securities, flood control, slum clearance, expanded public power, reclamation, soil conservation and building of low income housing units. -
Twenty Second Amendment is passed
bill says that "No person should be elected to the office more than twice." It resulted from the agitation following FDR’s running for and being elected to a third or fourth term of office of president -
Trumans Death
After a year of declining health, he was hospitalized on December 5th 1972. He became comatose on December 26th and at 8:50am he was pronunced dead. The cause of death was minor lung congestion; complexity of organic failures; collapse of cardiovascular system.
