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== Post World War II ==
 
== Post World War II ==
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The return of all the soldiers from war was a time of great joy for the nation.  Families were reunited.  Soldiers quickly married and began to have families.
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Cars were plentiful and there were good interstate roads.  In 1940, the first multi-laned superhighway had been built in Pennsylvania, known as the "Pennsylvania Turnpike."  The federal government helped pay for these roads and they still work well to this day.
 
   
 
   
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President Truman kept government controls on wages and prices in effect even after the war ended.  This infuriated voters, who wanted to return to normal life as quickly as possible.  In the fall elections of 1946, voters dealt President Truman a huge loss and returned the Republicans to control of Congress for the first time since before the Great Depression.
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After World War II ended in 1945, the nation was anxious to get back to normal.  But President Truman kept government controls on wages and prices in effect even after the war ended.  This infuriated voters, who wanted to return to normal life as quickly as possible.  In the fall elections of 1946, voters dealt President Truman a huge loss and returned the Republicans to control of Congress for the first time since before the Great Depression.
    
The Republicans then moved quickly to pass important legislation.  They passed (and the states ratified) the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution in order to limit future presidents to two full terms in office, so that no one could ever again repeat what President Franklin Roosevelt did in dishonoring President Washington’s precedent of no more than two terms.  President Roosevelt died in office during his fourth term as president.
 
The Republicans then moved quickly to pass important legislation.  They passed (and the states ratified) the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution in order to limit future presidents to two full terms in office, so that no one could ever again repeat what President Franklin Roosevelt did in dishonoring President Washington’s precedent of no more than two terms.  President Roosevelt died in office during his fourth term as president.
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