President Harry Truman-
Marshall plan helped rebuild the economy. United Nations. passed the 22nd ammendment which was you could not serve more than 2 terms. no more than 10 years. decided to drop the atomic bomb. one of the most unpopular president of all time. took over president after FDR died. president when WWII ended Postam Comference- Germany consequence. japan we have a new weapon so you should surender now or face mass destruction. decided to use the atomic bomb against japan. desegregation of the US military. took a hard-line stance against communism and the soviet union-policy of containment. helped organize and later join the united nations. truman doctrine and marchall plan were passed. created th eCIA and the national security council.He came into office after FDR died. He came into office just before the WWII ended. Truman was re-elected in 1948. He ran up against Dewey. Everyone thought Dewey was going to win, but Truman actually won the election. He knew nothing about the Manhatton Project. He passed the Fair Deal, you can compare it to FDR's New Deal. He strongly supported civil rights (for blacks). Segregation was in play. He supported them. He de-segregated the US military. He created the Truman doctrine which was to stop communism, gave money to Grease and Turkey. Truman fired General MacArthur. People hated him for that. Very unpopular when he left office. There was an assasination.. He passed the Marshall Plan and it helped the economy greatly. Truman was president when the United Nation was in play. Passed the 22rd ammendment, which was only a president could serve no more than 2 terms. No more than 10 years. President that ended WWII. Dropped the A bomb on Japan. He did not want communism to spread so we contained it. He created the CIA and the National Security Council. He got the people involved in the Vietnam War, wanted to help France.
The fair deal-simiar to the new deal aimed to help poor people. faced a lot of opposition from southern democrats and republicans. most fair deal proposals did not get passed. civil rights housing social securityh minimum wage health labor eduaction and agriculture.reconized israel as a homeplace for the jewish people. got the US involved in Vietnam by giving aid to france. berlin airlift. chinese civil war ends, mccarthyism
President Dwight Eisenhower- he was the 34th president. He was the first president to be on color tv and rule all 50 states. Ended the korean war. Created NASA. He delt alot with the Cold War. He was the commander during D-day. We didnt go to nuclear war. He kept the US out of war with the soviet union. He won pretty easy. He was thought to have an affair with his driver while he was in the army. People trusted him he was a hero. he decide to join the republican party. Richard Nixon was vice president. he was diagnosed with crohn's disease and had a stroke. SEATo was formed. also used the CIA to do covet-ops to dispurt communisum.
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