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Harry Truman:
-33rd president
-Most unpopular president 22% approval rating
-Born in Missouri
-He was an officer in WWI
-only had one child
-Last president we had that didn't go to college
-poor with financial stuff
-Helped Roosevelt with his speeches
-Took over when Roosevelt died
-Truman defeated Dewey
-Truman Doctrine
-fare deal-like new deal but not as popular b/c he was unpopular
-Had to deal with transition from wartime economy to peace time economy
-helped organize and later join United Nations
-Took a hard line stance against communism adn Soviet Union
-Dsegregated US miliatary
-TrumanDoctrine and Marshall Plan passed
-Created the CIA and the national security Council
-Got us involed in Vietnam bu giving aid to France
-Berlin Airlift
-Nato established
-Chises Civil War ends
-McCarthyism
-The Korean conflict and firing of General Douglass MacArthur
President Kennedy:
-Served in WWII
--Was a US representative and Senator fomr Massachusetts before becoming President
-Married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
-First and only Catholic President
-Assissinated by being shot in the head
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