Harry Truman was our 33rd president and a Democrat. He was in office from 1945-1953. The 1948 election was known as one of the best come backs in history. Truman's public approval was at 36%. He ran against Tomas E. Dewey (Republican) and Strom Th
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The History of Al-Qaeda
Osama bin Ladan
the direct translation into english means The Base. Al-Qaeda is a global military group (islamic) founded by Osama bin Laden somewhere between August 1988 and late 1989, and it has been named a terrorist organiza
History of al-Qaeda
al-Qaeda is a terroist group known worldwide. Their former leader was Osama Bin Laden (1988-2011). al-Qaeda's current leader is Ayman al-Zawahiri (2011-present). Started August 11, 1988-present day. The members of the group believe
took the second part of my test and started the cold war project
Studied for the test and took the first part of my test
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My assigned blog, along with Kelsey and Abby, was on former president Richard M. Nixon.
Nixon was the 37th President of the United States. Kelsey will be covering his background while Abby will be covering his scandal and his life after the scandal/po
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Richard Nixon
Watergate Scandal:Just within the first few months of Richard Nixon's presidency there was a huge problem! It all started on June 16, 1972 when a security guard found a piece of tape over the lock of the door leading to the National Demo
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Sentator Truman emerged as the Vice Presidential choice at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. As we learned in the last chapter about WWII, FDR became very ill with polio towards the end of the war. People began to worry that he wouldn'
John F. Kennedy was in the democratic party and was the 35th president of the United States. During the 1960 presidential election JFK ran against the republican, Richard Nixon. John's running opponent Senator Lyndon B. J
The topic I chose for this assigned blog is 9/11. Early morning on September 11, 2001, 19 hijackers hijacked two boeing 757's and two boeing 767's. It is believed that they hijacked these planes because of the amount of fuel they could hold. The fou
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year proxy war during the Cold war involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Marxist-Leninist governement is
Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas on a small farm. His parents were Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr. and Rebekah Baines and he had two younger brothers and three younger sisters. In high school, LBJ was elected president
Becoming the 33rd president when Rosevelt died meant that Truman had a lot of responsibility to deal with because they were still at war with Japan.
One of his biggest accomplishments was deciding to drop the atomic bombs on Japan, which end
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd person of the United States. When FDR died and he took place, he had a lot of responsibility to deal with because the Americans were still at war with Japan.
Truman's biggest accomplishment was making the right decision de
