presidential blog:
truman:
33rd president
came into office bc roosevelt died
reelected in 1948- ran against dewey; everyone thought dewey was going to win
he didn't know anything about the manhattan project
came up with the fair deal (alot like the new deal)
strongly supported civil rights
desegregated the US military
truman doctrine- US trying to fight communism
lead us out of the korean conflict
fired MacArthur- became very unpopular after this
2 people tried to kill him within 3 weeks
the marshal plan- giving money to rebuild countries after ww2
president when the united nations started
passed the 22 ammendment- presidents can only serve 2 terms
had very little expirience in office
1950s were another "boom" decade
was very against communism
created the CIA and the National Security Council
The fair deal- aimed to help improve the economy and help poor people
civil rights, housing, social security, minimum wage, health, labor, education, and agriculture
recognized israel as the homeplace for jews
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