Friday, April 20th

President Harry Truman-33rd President of the USA

*Election- Truman vs. Dewey vs. Thurmond--->Truman wins despite assumption that Dewey would

Accomplishments: decision to make atomic bomb

*Truman Doctrine

*The Fair Deal-similar to the New Deal-dealt with commoners

*NATO started during his presidency

*Nouremburg Trials

*UN was established

*Marshall Plan--Policy of Containment

*Desegregated the US military

*Created the CIA and national Security Council

*McCarthyism

*Berlin Airlift

President John F. Kennedy

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