-The Great Depression
-The New Deal Comes to Missouri
-The Bank Holiday
-The Efforts of Governor Park
-The Plight of the Farmers
-The Unemployed
-Social Security
-The Repeal of Prohibition
-The Pendergast Machine in State Politics
-Senator Harry S. Truman
-Reform Continues Under Governor Stark
-The Fall of Tom Pendergast
-"Man Shall Not Live By Bread Alone..."
*People Still Attended Church
*People Still Sent Their Children To School
*People Still Listened To The Radio
*People Still Went To The Movies
*People Still Considered Baseball "America's Favorite Pastime"
*People Still Wrote Books And Others Read Them
-The End of the New Deal
-Election of 1940
-World War II
Chapter fifteen is a journey from the dregs of the Great Depression to the victory of the United States in World War II. Roosevelt's New Deal helped Missouri and he rest of the country pull itself up by its own bootstraps. We also see the decline of the powerful political bosses such as Tom Pendergast of Kansas City. Despite the tough economic times of The Great Depression and the ensuing years, Missourians still went about their business relatively normally: going to church, sending their kids to school, listening to the radio, watching movies, cheering for their St. Louis Cardinals, and even reading and writing books. The resilient people of Missouri and America would once again be tested during the second World War, but ultimate victory would be the result.
Chapter 16 The 1945 Constitution and Postwar Politics
-The Constitutional Convention of 1943-44
-The Executive Branch
-The General Assembly
-The Courts
-Ratification
-Reorganization Since 1945
-Election of 1944
-Election of 1946
-Election of 1948
-Democratic Dominance, 1948-68
-Stuart Symington
-Civil Rights Movement
-African-American Leaders
-Civil Rights Legislation
-Civil Unrest in Kansas City
-The Women's Movement
-Election of 1968
-Election of 1972
-Election of 1976
The post-war era in Missouri saw changes to the Missouri Constitution and governmental reorganization. Immediately following the war Missourians were somewhat split between Republicans and Democrats but the election of 1948 ushered in three decades of Democratic dominance in the Missouri state government. During this period much of the state's civil rights legislation was passed and the first African American to represent Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives, William "Lacy" Clay, was elected. But 1968, with the election of John Danforth as Attorney General, signaled a renewed Republican power since it was the first Republican victory in a statewide contest for office since 1946. in the years to follow the Republicans would continue to grow in strength but by 1976 it became apparent that Missouri was once again competitive for both political parties and this strong two-party system continued. Below, are a few pictures.
Kansas City political force Tom Pendergast
Harry Truman, the favorite president of my grandfather.
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