Bolg Discussion Day
Harry S. Truman (D) 33rd President
- 1945-1953
- FDR's Vice President
- Took after FDR when he died in 1945.
- One of the most unpopular president 22% approval rating
- Rating has improved over 60 years
- Rough around the edges
- In one election- wasn't suposed to win
- 1948 election between Truman and Dewey
- Thurmond was the racist campain
- Chicago paper said that Dewey won. Jumped the gun
Accomplishmens
- Most unpopular president
- Delt with end of WWII- atomic bombs
- Delt Cold War
- Transitions to wartime economy to peacetime economy
- Help organize United Nations
- Desegragated the US miliary
- Created the CIA- Central Inteligent Agency- illegal type of missions. Wire Tapping, overthows of government in communis contries and assations of leaders
- "The Buck Stops Here"
- Got involved in Vietnam
- Berlin Airlift
- Nato
- McCarthism
- Firing McCarther
The Fair Deal- what Truman wanted to get done
- Min. Wage
- Civil Rights
- Housing
- Social Surcity
- Labor
- Ag
- Healh
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Richard Nixon was his Vice President
- Famous WWII general
- Older president
- Chohn's
- Didn't have a politic Party
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