We are doing blog discussions;
Harry Truman;
- Born January 8th 1945
- Democrat
- Elections; 1.
- 41 presidential election
- biggest unset; ran against Duey
- FDR died to Truman took over, then got elected again.
- Had a 22% approval rating.
- Gave the Truman doctrinaire speech.
- in office when they passes the 22 amendment
- could only have two terms, no more then 10 years
- ended WWII
- Gave the Potsdam conference
- helped organize, and join the united nations
- passed; Truman Doctrine and Marchall Plan
- CIA and NCA (national security council) were set up by Truman
- "The buck stops here" saying he's the leader, he will take responsibility
- The Fair deal
- helping people in need
- helping form the US
- promote economic development and social welfare
- most fair deals did not get passed
- a lot was faced tword civil rights, housing, social security, minimum wage
- Two assassination attemps
- letter bombs, was able to disarm the
- two men tried to kill him, but wasn't able to get to him
Dwight Eisenhower
- Famous WWII General
- Republican
- Nixon as vise president
- had Crohn's disease
- major stroke as president
- Was a blow out
- 57.4 to 42 percents.
- Ended the Korean War
- launched space race
- Didn't do a whole lot of Civil rights. NASA was created under his presidency
- Eisenhower Doctrine
- Laissez-faire believer
- believed in a balanced budget
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