Truman
Dewey was said that he was going to win the election.
The newspapers printed that Dewey was going to win and Truman actually won the election.
Truman had the Fair Deal similar to the New Deal.
He supported civil rights, black rights.
Formed a party called the Dixie Crats.
The military always had black and white units and Truman broke that.
He had the Truman Doctrine.
He fired Dougs MacArthur and he was a huge hero.
He was one of the least liked presidents of all time.
He had the Marshall Plan which helped rebuild the economy in Europe.
Truman was president of the US when the United Nations happened.
He passed the 22 Amendment.
He was the president that ended WWll.
Took over for FDR whe he died in April, 1945.
Japan we have a new weapon so you should surrender now.
There was a recession after the war.
There was a high unemployment rate.
Central Intellegence Agency and the National Security Conference were very important.
Republicans opposed the Fair Deal.
Eisenhower
He was a very famous WWll general.
He decided to join the Republican Party after WWll.
This guaranteed him to win the 1953 election.
Richard Nixon was his Vice President.
He was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and had a minor stroke while president.
First President to rule all 50 states.
The Cold War dominated his presidency.
He was the commander of the Allied troops in WWll.
He kept America at peace.
Ended the Korean conflict.
People thought that he would end the cold war.
He won with 39 states behind him.
While he was fighting in WWll he was accused with having an affair.
He defeated Stephenson again.
"I like Ike" was one of his campaign sayings.
He inspired confidence for the United States.
Dominated by the Cold War Containment Policy.
Opened Relations with Spain.
Ended the Korean Conflict as promised in 1952 election campaign.
SEATO was formed.
This was basically the alliance with Southeast Asia.
Increased US involvment in Southeast Asia (Vietnam).
Came up with the idea of deterrence.
He started NASA.
The Eisenhower's Doctrine said that we would help the Middle Eastern Countries if help was needed.
Kennedy
He served in WWll.
He was a US representative and Senator from Massachusetts before becoming president.
Married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.
First and only Catholic president.
Youngest elected president and second youngest president.
Assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald.
The New Frontier is kind of like the New Deal.
Peace Corps was established in 1961 where Americans volunteer.
He signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK during the parade.
There are many conspiricies about the assassination of JFK.
Johnson
He was JFK's Vice president.
Took over as president after JFK was assassinated.
1964 Campaign Commercials were Daisy Girl and Ice Cream.
He put together the Warren Commission to investigate the JFK assassination.
Passed Voting Rights Act in 1965 which outlawed discrimination in voting.
Started the affirmative action laws.
Passed Immigration Act of 1965.
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