Harry Truman-
- Became vice president for FDR January 1945
- Took over for FDR when he died in April 1945
- One of the most unpopular presidents of all time when he left office
- Rating has improved greatly over last 60 years
- Between Truman Dewey and Thurmond
- Accomplishments- desegregated the military. The first that saw that was Vietnam, he had a 10 point plan. He was the first president to do anything with segregation. He made isreal a country, ended WWII, decided to use atomic bombs, Potsdam conference declaration.
- The economy was struggling during his precidency
- Helped organized the United Nations
- Took stance against communist
- Created the CIA
- "The Buck Stops Here." Meaning, responsibility is on me.
- The fair deal Aimed to promote economic development and social welfare
- Faced a lot of opposition form southern democrats and republicans
- Most fair deal proposals did not get passed
- Civil rights, housing, social security...
- Recognized Israel as a home place for the Jewish people
- Got the US involved in the Vietnam by giving aid to France
- McCarthy wanted to use atomic on China
- A couple puerto ricans tried to kill him
Dwight Eisenhower-
- Famous WWII general
- Decided to join the Republican party
- This all but guaranteed him a win the 1952 election
- Richard Nixon was his vice president
- First republican to be in office in the last 20 years
- Was running against Stevenson
- Big on Civil Rights
- Promised to end the Korean war
- Which he did in 1953
- He started the interstate systems, he thought that that people would need a faster way to get around he got the idea from hitler
- He threatened China with nuclear weapons
- Started the space
- He kept the new deal programs
- Dominated by the cold war containment policy
- Brown VS. Board of Education of Topeka beginning of the end of segregation
- Sent advisers to Vietnam
- Believed in laissez-faire
- Balanced budget
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