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Truman During The Election Of 1948 Dbq

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During the election of 1948, Truman faced three worthy opponents: Progressive candidate Henry Wallace, Dixiecrat candidate Strom Thurmond, and Republican candidate Thomas Dewey. Wallace denounced American foreign policy claiming that the United States was being hostile towards the U.S.S.R and that the focus needed to be on domestic issues like racism and poverty. Thurmond was one of the Democrats who had walked out of the 1948 Democratic Convention when Mayor Humphrey and Senator Douglas suggested a strong civil rights platform. Dewey, Truman’s most formidable opponent, was an effect New York Governor but didn’t connect with voting Americans because he was simply too ignorant and distanced himself from those who could have been his greatest

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