Harry Truman
33rd president, from Missouri, baptist
nickname "give em hell harry"
became president after roosevelt died
poor eyesight
very smart, piano, reader, parents couldnt afford college
lost popularity because of korean war, mccarther firing, inflation, tax scandal
he will be remember for dropping the bombs on Japan
created CIA
desegregated the US military
"the buck stops with me"
Dwight Eisenhower
General in ww2, commanded NATO
NASA
ended Korean war
desegregated schools; brown vs board of education
interstate highway system
civil rights bill of 1957
Little rock mob control
Eisenhower doctrine
space race
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