A liberal Democrat of the Midwestern populist tradition, Truman was determined to both continue the legacy of the New Deal and to make Franklin Roosevelt's proposed Economic Bill of Rights a reality, while making his … See more

The Fair Deal reforms helped to transform the United States from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy. In the context of postwar … See more

• Economic Bill of Rights – proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1944
• New Deal – Franklin Roosevelt's signature program of … See more

• Donovan, Robert J. Conflict and Crisis: The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1945–1948 (1977); Tumultuous Years: 1949–1953 (1982) detailed 2-vol political history
• Hamby, Alonzo L. (June 1972). "The Vital Center, the Fair Deal, and the Quest for a Liberal … See more

In September 1945, Truman addressed Congress and presented a 21-point program of domestic legislation outlining a series of proposed … See more

In his 1949 State of the Union address to Congress on January 5, 1949, Truman stated that "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from … See more

Note: This listing contains reforms drawn up by the Truman Administration together with reforms drawn up by individual Congressmen. The latter have been included because it is arguable that the progressive nature of these reforms (such as the Water … See more