We did our president blog discussion. Cold War project discussion Wednesday, second president blog due 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-
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