Today we started our blog discussion.
Harry Truman
-33rd president that served from 1945-1953.
-Ran against Dewey in the 1948 election.
Accomplishments:
-Decision on dropping the atomic bombs on Japan.
-Truman Doctorine: Military aid to Greece and Turkey.
-"Fair Deal" just like the new deal.
-NATO
-The Nuremburg Trials
-Help set up the United Nations
-The Policy of Containment- Overall policy of the Cold War (Stop communism)
-Created the CIA and the National Security Council.
-Got the US involved in Vietnam by giving aid to France.
-Berlin Airlift
-Mcarthyism
-President throughout the Korean War.
John F. Kennedy
-35th President from 1961-1963
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