ABSTRACT
Fair Deal (history) The collective name for the various government programs designed to help Americans that the DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN planned to make into laws during his elected ADMINISTRATION (1948–1952). Because the CONGRESS was REPUBLICAN during this time, fewer BILLS2 were passed than Truman wanted. Those which did become laws were: the Housing Act of 1949, farm subsidies, encouraging hydroelectric power, and the creation of the National Science Foundation. It did extend some programs started with the NEW DEAL. By association, the Truman ADMINISTRATION2. [‘Fair’ + NEW ‘DEAL’.]
