Today we had blog discussion today.
Harry Truman -33rd President (1945-1953)
- Became Vice president for FDR in January, 1945
- Took over for FDR when he died in April, 1945
- On of the most unpopular presidents of all time when he left office -22% approval rating
- Rating has improved greatly over the last 60 years
Accomplishments
- President when WWII ended with Germany and Japan
- Potsdam Conference/Declaration
- Decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan
- Had to deal with transition from wartime economy to peacetime economy
- Helped organize and later join the united Nations
- Took a hard-line stance against communism and the Soviet Union-Policy of Containment
- Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were passed
- Created the CIA and the National Security Council
- "The buck stops here"
- The Fair deal-help people in need
- Israel- home place for the Jews
Dwight Eisenhower-34th Pres.(1953-1961)
- Famous WWII General
- Decided to join the Republican Party after WWII
- This all but guaranteed him a win in the 1952 election
- Richard Nixon was his Vice-President
- Believed in Laissez-faire
- Believed in a balance budget
- Deported around 1 million illegal immigrants
- Sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to help in the desegregation of all public schools-1954-Brown cAse
- Helped pass the federal-Aid Highway Cat of 1956 which created the US interstate highways
Accomplishments
- Dominated by the Cold War- Containment policy
- Used CIA to do convertops to disrupt communist governments abroad
- Opened relations with Spain
- Ended the Korean Conflict as promised in his 1952 electoin campaign
- Defensice alliances were signed with South Korea and Taiwan
- SEATO was formed
- Developed idea that nuclear weapons would be defensive
- NASA created due to Sputnik launch
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