THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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Dixiecrats
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Republicans
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Whigs
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Libertarians
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Detailed explanation-1: -The States’ Rights Democratic Party collapsed after the 1948 election, as Truman, the Democratic National Committee, and the New Deal Southern Democrats acted to ensure that the Dixiecrat movement would not return in the 1952 presidential election.
Detailed explanation-2: -He ran as the States’ Rights Democratic (also known as Dixiecrat) candidate for president in 1948, calling for continued racial segregation and opposing federal civil rights laws. In 1954 Thurmond won election to the Senate as a write-in candidate, but he pledged to resign in 1956 to allow for a full election process.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was the stance of the Dixiecrats in the 1948 campaign? They supported states’ rights and racial segregation. In 1947, President Truman took actions to banish Communists from by issuing an executive order known as the Loyalty Order.