We continued our blog discussion over the presidents, and we talked about our next assigned blog. We have to define the terms on the blog assignment #11 post on the U.S history board, like NAACP, Martin Luther King Jr. etc due on Sunday.
Harry Truman- vice president for only a few months and came in when FDR died, few months before WWII ended. reelected in 1948. first ever national televised, all the poles thought that Dewey was going to win and started printing papers, but they were wrong. Knew nothing of Manhattan project. passed the Fair Deal-aimed to help the economy and poor people. faced a lot of people who opposed it in the Southern Democrats and the Republicans, most Fair Deal proposals didn't get passed like FDR New Deal. Fair Deal went after Civil Rights, housing, extended social security, expanded minimum wage, education, health, labor, land. Supported Civil Rights-black rights. Desegregated the military, created Truman doctrine-wanted to stop Communism in Turkey and Hungrary. led us through Korean Conflict-fired General MacArthur in Korean Conflict, this made him very unpopular. Marshall plan-helping people rebuild after WWII, passed 22nd amendment, said you could only run for two terms, no more than ten years. ended WWII, dropped atomic bombs. 22% approval rating when left office, but over last 60 years it has improved greatly. Potsdam Conference/Declaraton-German consequences, wanted Japan's surrender or else face destruction. people thought that after WWII we were going back into a depression, and he had to get the economy going still and it boomed. helped organize and later join the United Nations. Took a hard-line stance against communistm and the Soviet Union-Policy of Containment-try to stop communism. Created the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) and the National Security Council. recongnized Israel as a homeplace for the Jewish people for what happened to them with Hitler. got U.S involved in Vietnam by giving aid to France, Berlin Airlift, NATO established, Chinese Civil War ends, McCathyism, Korean Conflict and firing of Generla Douglass MacArthur.
Dwight Eisenhower- 34th president, two term president. first president to run in all 50 states. ended Korean War, created NASA, Cold War dominated is presidency. Famous WWII general. kept U.S out of war with Soviet Union, people thought he was going to end Cold War. scandal: accused of having an affair with his drive. defeated Stevenson in both elections. inspired confidence and people trusted him. decided to join Republican Party after WWII. Richard Nixonwas his Vice-President. Dominated by the Cold War-Containment Policy. used CIA to do covert-ops to disrupt communist governments abroad(Iran/Guatamala). opened relations with Spain, ended Korean Conflict as promised in his 1952 election campaign, defensive alliances were signed with South Korea and Taiwan. SEATO was formed- alliance with South East Asia to help end communism. increased US involvement in Southeast Asia (Vietnam)- US advisors sent. developed idea that nuclear weapons would be defensive weapones(deterrence). started NASA after Soviet Sputnik launch. US spy plane (U-2) was shot down over USSR. allowed MrCarthy to do his thing but privately did not approve. Eisenhower doctrine that said if a communist country tried to take over middle eastern countries, that we would help aid them. believe in laissez-faire, balanced budget, deported around one millinos illegal immigrants(mostly Mexicans), sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to help in the desegregation of all public schools-1954-Brown case. helped pass the Federal-Aid for the Interstate Highway system.
John F. Kennedy- my blog, Courtney L's blog, Cold War Issues dominated JFK's presidency, Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to split Berlin b/c of communist. Bay of Pigs Invasion-1961, invading Cuba. Cuban Missile Crisis. alliance for Progress with Latin America, Kennedy increased the numbers of helicopters, military adivors, and undeclared US Special Forces in the Vietnam. CIA helped the new Ba'ath Party gov't overthrow Communists in Iraq. This new party systematically murdered large #'s of Iraq's educated elite. killings in which Saddam Hussein himself is said to have participated. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963- banned tested nuclear weapons above ground. New Frontier-promised federal funding for: education, medical care for elderly, economic aid to rural regions and gov't intervention to halt the recession, and racial discrimination.
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