Blog discussion day.
Harry Truman:
-one of the most unpopluar presidents of all time
-didn't have a college degree, not as good of speaker, cussed often..
-Thomas Dewey ran against in elections
-Fair Deal (like New deal) help people with jobs, things..
-dealt with the tranisition from wartime economy to peacetime economy
-Policy of Containment meant to stop communism overall
-first president to get involved with Vietnam by giving aid to France
-Berlin Airlife
-NATO was established
-fired McCarthy
John F. Kennedy:
-served in WWII
-known for his outspoken views for the civil rights
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