Wendsday, April 20th

 Harry Truman

  • Became Vice President for FDR in january ,1945
  • Took over for FDR when he died in April, 1945
  • One of the most unpopular presidents of all time.
  • Rating has inproved over the last 60 years.
  • First plan of the Atomic bomb.
  • Pass the Truman Doctrine.
  • Potsdam Confernce/Declartion (japan surrender of eles face destuction)
  • Had to deal with transtion from wartime economy
  • Helped organized and later join the United Nations
  • Created the CIA and the National Secrity Council
  • Aimed to promote econmic develpoment and social welfare
  • Faced alot of oppostion from southern Democarts and Republicans
  • Most Fair Deal propsals did not get passed
  • Was the president at the beging  of the cold war

 

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