Harry%20S%20Truman

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Harry S Truman

• President of the United States of America
• 1945 - 1953

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The early years

• Born May 8, 1884 in Missouri
• The S is not an abbreviation
• Humble beginnings
• Farmer for 12 years and haberdasher
• Did not attend college

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The later years

• Fought in France during WWI
• Married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
• Elected judge of Jackson County Court (1922)
• Elected Senator (1934)
• Senate war committee
• President April 12, 1945
• Died December 26, 1972

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Gaining the Presidency

• Was not elected to first term
• Vice President for 82 days
• President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Suffered massive stroke
• Passed April 12, 1945
• Truman sworn in as President same day
• Elected to second term in 1948

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Presidential Achievements

• Ratified United Nations Charter
• First armed defense in Korea
• First use of atomic bomb
• Hiroshima August 6, 1945
• Nagasaki August 9, 1945
• V-J Day August 14, 1945
• Ending WWII

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Presidential Achievements

• 21 Point Program
• Fair Employment Practices Act
• Social Security expansion
• The Marshall Plan
• Economic recovery in
• Western Europe
• The Truman Doctrine
• Give aid to Greece and Turkey

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The Legacy of Harry S Truman

• Former Presidents Act
• 25,000 yearly pension
• Influenced by his poor financial standing
• Medicare Lyndon B. Johnson
• Received first two cards with wife Bess
• The Truman Library
• First Presidential library
• USS Harry Truman

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Resources

• http//www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.
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• http//www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?
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• http//www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/fdrbio.html
• http//www.navybuddies.com/cvn/cvn75.html
• By David Smith