Harry S. Truman

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Harry S. Truman

• By. Noah McCulley

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Early Life

• He caught Diphtheria when he was 9
• He cold not play sports because of his poor
  eyesight
• He loved books

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Before he was President

• He was a captain of the field artillery
• He married Bess Wallace
• They named there child Mary
• He opened a clothing store
• He was a Jackson County Judge
• He ran for the U.S. Senate
• He was Vice President to F. Roosevelt

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While he was President

• He bombed two cities in Japan
• Helped America win the war
• We were in the cold war with the soviet unions

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During he second presidency

• A newspaper said Truman had lost his second
  election
• He survived a assassination attempt at the Blair
  house

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After his presidency

• He stayed at home with his wife
• He wrote a book called Mr. Citizen
• He died of heart failure on December 26,1972

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Quotes

• If you cant stand the heat get out of the
  kitchen
• Always be sincere even if you dont mean it
• A leader in the democratic party is a boss, but a
  leader in the republican party is a boss

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Fun Facts

• He was our 33 president
• His clothing store made money for 2 years then it
  failed during the great depression
• He was a democrat
• His daughter Mary acted in many films

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The Truman Special

• Harry Truman would travel around the nation in a
  train and pull up into towns and he would give a
  speech
• He was the last president to campaign in a train
• It was called a whistle stop campaign because the
  whistle would blow when they came into a town so
  the citizens would know a Presidential candidate
  was there