World War II and Post-War Social Policy

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Introduction to World War II and Post-war Social Policy … 193

PRIMARY SOURCES

Executive Order 8802 … 194
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941

On the Home Front … 196
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1942

Executive Order 9066 … 199
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1942

Servicemen's Readjustment Act … 202
United States Congress, 1944

Statement by the President Upon Signing the National School Lunch Act … 204
Harry S. Truman, 1946

A Fair Deal … 206
Harry S. Truman, 1949

Not a Fair Deal … 211
MPI/Stringer, 1952

Executive Order 10521 … 214
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954

Brown v. Board of Education … 218
U.S. Supreme Court, 1954

Executive Order 10730 … 222
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957

Establishment of Peace Corps… 225
John F. Kennedy, 1961

Equal Pay Act of 1963 … 227
Edith Green and Edith Rogers, 1963

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