Harry+Truman


 * President Harry S. Truman, Democrat,1945-1953**
 * Truman was FDR's vice president (during WW2)
 * He ended WW2 with his decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
 * After the war, he worked with other world power leaders to disperse Germany's former land and create a united organization Which became the United Nations which consisted of representative from several powers and countries.
 * Truman Doctorine = containment ;Decisions after WW2 about rebuilding Europe caused disputes between﻿ the two largest powers, the US and the4 Soviet Union. The US wanted a democratic government ion the new districts/countries, but he soviets wanted communism.
 * The Soviet Union invaded North Korea, and the US wanted to continue their containment of the the Soviet Union
 * National Security Act of 1947 = Dept Defense monitored all armed forces; NSC = foriegn + militray policy; CIA= collecting info (secret military and political plans)
 * ====NATO = 12 countries (inc Us) signed an agreement that declared an attck on one of the nations was an attck on all====
 * ====NSC-68 = mahor expansion of US miltatary in order to successfully contain the soviet union====
 * ====Truman attempted to pass the fair deal which was similar to FDR's new deal, but was rejected by congress====
 * Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) was one of cases won but civil rights and Truman
 * Anti comunnist hysteria includinf Mccarthyism, Alger Hiss, and the McCarren Internal securait act
 * koreanm war was going smoothly for US under MacArthur, but TYruman didn't want to directly attck China; thus disagreemne t led to the truman MacArthur Controversy
 * growth in technolhgy and sciemce, and consumerism

Legacy

 * Harry S. Truman was America's most importamnt president, because of his decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan, which ended one of the deadliest wars in history World War 2. Without his decision the US may have lost and influence and power would have shifted to a large extent, changing government and countries all over the world, for the worst.