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President Harry Truman 33rd- He cussed a lot, was kind of rough around the edges in his speeches -One of the most unpopular presidents of all time. -he was Vice President for only a month he had lack of experience. - He had to deal with the beginning of the cold war, and the ending of the WW2 -Election- he was expected to loose by landslide but the other things happened Between Truman and Dewey -- he got most of the southern states because he was against Civil Rights - he left with an 22% approval rating
Accomplishments- he was the president that decided to use the atomic bombs -He put the policy of containment, Truman Doctrine, Marshall plan, created the CIA. Created the desegregation in the U.S military. - The CIA was good on getting information on doing illegal type activities to keep the country safe. Help over trough government that were communist leading, help assassinate communist leader etc. They gathered intelligence.
- The fair Deal- trying to help the common type people in the U.S, so most of the program things were not able to happen. He wanted to get done but did not. Was the first president to get his hands into Vietnam. -NATO, and Berlin Airlift. Was president during the beginning of the Korean War.
President Dwight Eisenhower 34th-
-Was known from WW2 because he was the supreme commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. - He was running Stevenson, and it was his popularity that got him to the top.
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