Today we had Blog Discussion
President Harry Truman
- 33rd president
- 1945-1953
- Took over for FDR when FDR died in April
- One of the most unpopular president of all time left office with 22% approval rating
- improved greatly over the last 60 years
- 1948 election was Truman against Dewey
Acomplishments
- To make the Atomic bomb
- Truman Doctrine
- The Fair Deal- just like the New Deal
- NATO
- Nerrumberg Trails
- United Nations are set up
- Rebuild Europe- Marshall Plan
- Desegregated military
- Created the CIA and the National Security Council
- Got involved in Vietnam by giving aid to France
- McCarthyism
- Fired MacArthur
- Korean War
Kennedy Assination
- 35th President
- 1961-
- Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
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