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President Harry Truman:
- became vice president for FDR in Jan. 45
- took over for FDR
- election: he was very unpopular, made speeches about how he should stay president, etc. ran against dewey
- 1948 election
- truman defeats dewey
- marshall plan (money to europe) and the truman doctrine (turkey and greece), policy of containment
- he created the CIA-black operation
- atomic bombs used against japan
- president when the united nations was set up
- "the buck stops here" -
- the fair deal- extension to FDR new deal (faced a lot of oppostition) trying to help the commun people to get a fair deal
- First president to get us involved in vietnam by giving aid to france
- berlin airlift
- NATO- alliance with western europe
- president during much of the korean conflict
President Dwight Eisenhower
- surpreme allied commander WWII
- wasnt a member of either party but then decided to join the republican party after WWII
- vice president: Richard Nixon
- 1952 & 1956 elections
- diagnosed with crohns disease and had a minor stroke while president
- ran against Adlai Stevenson and won
- won because of his populartiy, strong leader
- president during the cold war
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