Harry Truman
- 33rd President
- Took over for FDR when he dies
- Fought in WW1
- Last president to not have a college degree
- One of the most unpopular president of all time- 22% approval rating at one time
- Rating has improved throughout the years
- Accomplishments
- President when WW2 ended
- Potsdam Conference
- Transition from wartime economy to peaceful economy
- Helped organize and later join the United Nations
- Took a hard-line stance against communism and the Soviet Union-Policy of Containment
- Desegregated the US military
- Truman Doctrine and Marshal plan were passed
- The Fair Deal
- Similar to the New Deal
- Aimed to promote economic development and social welfare
- Faced a lot of opposition from Southern Democrates and Republicans
- Most Fair Deal proposals did not get passed
- civil rights housin g
- social secutiry
- minimum wage
- health
- labor
- education
- Agriculture
- Truman supported Israel
- Assassination attempt- A puerto rican
- Elections
- Truman(D) vs Thomas Dewey(R)
- Truman came from behind to win
- Newspapers and polls all assumed that Dewey would win
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Background
- Famous WW2 Generals -D-Day
- Decided to join the Repulican Party
- Richard Nixon was his VP
- Diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and had a stroke while president
- Elections
- Ran against Adial Stevenson both times
- Won both times
- Accomplishments
- Cold war Dominated his presidency
- CIA started doing Covert Operations
- Opened relations with Spain
- Ended the Korean Conflict as promised in his 1952 elections campaign
- Defensive alliances were signed with South Korea and Taiwan
- President that come up with the whole deterrent thing
- Started NASA
- US spy plane was shot down over USSR
- Eisenhower Doctrine
- Believed in Laissez-faire
- Believed in a balanced budget
- Deported around 1 million illegal immigrants(mostly mexicans)
- Sent federal troops to Little Rock, Ark, to help desegregation of all public schools- Brown vs the Boards of Education of Topeka, KS case
- Helped pass the Federal- Aid Highway Act of 1956 which created the United States' Interstate Highways
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