Today was the last test day and i had to go. After we got done with our testing we continued talking about the presidents.
-President Harry Truman
had an approval rate of 22% when he left office, worse than Bush's. partially because of his anti-racism, partially because he fired MacArthur. However nowadays, he is veiwed as one of the top 10 presidents.
he fired macarthur because macarthur was bad-talking him, saying we should use the atomic bomb on china (during the conflict with korea). truman disagreed because that would put them in a war with china and russia and the koreans, and they had just got out of war, and russia had the technology to bomb us back.
Potsdam Declaration:
when truman warned japan about the new weapon (atomic bomb)
"We have disocverd the most terrible bomb in the history of the world. It may be the fire destruction prophesied in the Eurphrates....and by Noah and his fabulous ark." (missed a bit in there....)
The Buck Stops Here. because he wanted to be clear. other politicians tried to push the blame on others; he was not a good speaker, had fowl language on occasion, but he had a good rep for taking responsibility and making tough decisions.
took hard-line stance against communism.
The Fair Deal.
similar to FDR's New Deal, only focused on the commonfolk and tried to eliminate segregation. Truman was a blunt guy. he didnt push african americans off to the side for a later date like other presidents who said they were gonna help them, but he wetn straight on and tried to help them. the dixie folk were unhappy with that and shot down everything. so truman didnt get a lot done in the way of civil rights, but it was definitely something.
Dwight Eisenhower
-he was the first president to lead all 50 states
-people thought he was end the cold war
-won pretty easyl
-he was accuesed of having affiar with his driver
-he kept us out of nuclier warfare with russia
-people liked him becuase he was a war general
-and he had good public speaking ability
-had crohns disease
-decided to join republican party after WWII
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