Harry Truman
- 1945 - 1953
- Became Vice President for FDR in 1945
- Took over for FDR when he died in April of 1945
- One of the most unpopular presidents of all time when he left office - 22% approval rating
- Rating has improved greatly over the last 60 years
- Thomas Dewey ran against Truman!
Accomplishments:
- Atomic Bombs
- Truman Doctrine
- ***Fair Deal - education, medical, jobs for the common Americans (Truman version of New Deal
- Had to deal with transition from wartime economy - peacetime economy
- Helped organize and later join the United Nations
- Took a hard-line stance against communism and the Soviet Union - Policy of Containment (thought of it)
- Desegregated the US military
- Marshall Plan passed
- Created CIA and the national Security Council
- "The Buck Stops Here"
- Got the US involved in Vietnam by giving aid to France
- Berlin Aircraft
- NATO
- MaCarthyism
- President throughout most of Korean War
- Fired Doug McCarther
John F. Kennedy
- Was going to have lunch with Governor of Texas
- They were in a car
- Governor also shot
- Lee Hardly Oswald shot him from another building
- Wife was sitting next to him
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