Next assigned blog is On Obama - Obama care, end of Iraq war, current situation in Afghanistan.
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President Harry Truman 33rd- He cussed a lot, was kind of rough around the edges in speeches -One of the most unpopular presidents of all time. -he was Vice President for only a month he had lack of experience. - He had to deal with the beginning of the cold war, and the ending of the WW2 -Election- he was expected to loose by landslide but the other things happened Between Truman and Dewey -- he got most of the southern states because he was against CivilRights
- he left with an 22% approval rating
Accomplishments- he was the president that decided to use the atomic bombs -He put the policy of containment, Truman Doctrine, Marshall plan, created the CIA. Created the desegregation in the U.S military. - The CIA was good on getting information on doing illegal type activities to keep the country safe. Help over trough government that were communist leading, help assassinate communist leader etc. They gathered intelligence.
- The fair Deal- trying to help the common type people in the U.S, so most of the program things were not able to happen. He wanted to get done but did not. Was the first president to get his hands into Vietnam.
-NATO, and Berlin Airlift. Was president during the beginning of the Korean War.
President Dwight Eisenhower 34th-
-Was known from WW2 because he was the supreme commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. it was his popularity in the war that got him to the top
- He was known for setting up the Interstate system
- He came up with the idea of deterrence- that if either side had nuclear weapons and saying that we would use them that the threat of a total nuclear war would never happen
- Brown vs board of education which meant that whites and blacks were desegregated. He was the one that started that process
- Increased the US involvement in South East Asia( Vietnam) .
- NASA was started by him
- US spy plane was shot down over USSR - it was the first time that the people caught the government lying to the people.
- Eisenhower Doctrine we would give money to Greece and Turkey to fight of Communist.
- HE would not spend more money then the government would not take in.
President John F. Kennedy- 35th president
- He was catholic and people feared this because they thought that the Pope would be pulling the strings
- In the election he went against Nixon which had been vice president for a long time
- He won because young people especially got behind him.
- If you listened Nixon was better, but if you watched it on T.V Kennedy would beat Nixon out based on his energetic looks.
Accomplishments
Was responsible for the Bay of pigs invasion.- His approach to the Nuclear war threat
- Berlin wall was also built on 61
- the next step in Vietnam was to sent more military advisers to Vietnam and special forces.
- The CIA helped the Ba'ath party government overthrow communist in Iraq.
- The new Frontier under Kennedy was aimed on helping the less fortunate, which helped education, medical for the old. which Linden helped carry out
Assassination
- He was killed in 63 in Dallas Texas
- Lee Harvey Oswald was fond guilty of his murder
- He was being transported to another prison when Jack Ruby shot him on live T.V.
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