Blog discussion day.
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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