Harry Truman
-From Missouri
-Went to Independence HS
-last president that did not go to college
-girlfriend that he proposed to turned him down because he wasn't making enough money but then when he started making more she changed her mind
-he was VP for one month before he became president.
-He was expected to lose his 194 election
-became VB for FDR
-Took over for FDR when he died in April, 1945
-one of the most unpopular presidents of all time. he only had 22% approval rating when he left office. (it was a tought time with wars and stuff - decided to use the bombs.)
-rating has approved over the years.
-luckily the great depression didnt' set in.
-he had to deal with the transition of the soldiers coming home and finding jobs, which meant the emplyment rate was going up
-desegregated the US military
-created the CIA - Central Intelligece Agency (started wire tapping phones. weren't happy with it. helped set up things for governments that were communists leadings, did some assinations to communist leader things. faking elections to make sure the Democrat person won)
-"the buck stops here" means that he takes responsibility for actions because he views that if something goes wrong, he was the one that put them into the situation.
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961
-chose republican side after not having one at all
-Richard Nixon was his VP
-one of the oldest presiends to be elected president
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