Which of the following statements provides evidence of American's assessment of the first twenty months of Harry Truman's presidency?
A) Procommunist elements strengthened their influence in the Democratic party.
B) In the November 1946 elections Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1928.
C) John L. Lewis took the United Mine Workers out on strike twice, and Truman nationalized the mines twice.
D) Truman was reelected in a landslide victory.
E) The Democrats gained control of twenty-five governorships in the elections of 1946.
B
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