Which of the following helps explain Harry Truman's victory in the presidential election of 1948?
A) Recognition of the new State of Israel kept Jewish voters loyally Democratic.
B) Antilynching legislation that he guided through Congress weakened southern racism and won Truman the support of many white Southerners.
C) Big labor overwhelmingly supported Truman because he frequently invoked the Taft-Hartley Act to help striking workers get their demands.
D) Conservative Republicans voted for Democrat Harry Truman because they supported his proposals for national health insurance and federal aid to education.
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