president:
Harry Truman
-33rd pres (1945-1953)
-became vice president for FDR in jan, 1945
-took over for FDR when he died in april,1945
- on of the most unpopular presidents of time when he left office
-rating has impoved greatly over the last 60 years
- had to deal with the transition from wartime economy
-took a hard-line stance again communism and the soviet union-policy of cintainment
-desegrated the us military
-created the CIA and the national security council
- truman doctrine and marshall plan were passed
- * got the us involved in vietam by giving aid to france
John f. Kennnedy
-35th president
-1961-1963
-served in ww11
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