PPT-Truman

Harry S Truman 33 rd President of the United States Birth and Childhood Born on May 8 1884 in Lamar Missouri Born to John and Martha Truman Grew up on his grandparents farm in Grandview. Libertyville HS. Election of 1944. Dem nominee: FDR (of course . . . ). GOP nominee: Thomas Dewey (NY governor). Campaign focused on New Deal, FDR’s popularity. Wartime successes during campaign. L/O – To identify how and why the relationship between the USA and USSR intensified in the years 1947-48. Introduction. By the end of 1946, the Grand Alliance had . broken down. . Both sides now viewed each other with . Objective 4.5: . Consider the involvement of the USA in Vietnam from 1950 to . 1973. Warm-Up . : . Class Review—Truman . Doctrine. Read the following excerpt from the Truman Doctrine…. I believe that it must be policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures…I believe that we must assist peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way…The free peoples of the world look to us for support in maintaining their freedoms. . Nicolas Perry, Gretchen West. Berlin Airlift. Germany and Berlin was divided into 4 districts. Each controlled by one of the Allies.. The Soviets controlled the Eastern part of the divisions and the U.K, U.S, and France controlled the Western parts. . March 12, 1947. Addressed to a joint session of Congress. Details. On 12th March, 1947, . Harry S. Truman. , announced details to Congress of what eventually became known as the Truman Doctrine. . In his speech he pledged American support for "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures". . Rizzi. , Kendall . Meyertons. , . Nishiki. . Maredia. , Erin Hawley. Bonnecarrere, 4th. Roosevelt’s and Truman’s Economic Policy:. The New and Fair Deals. Prompt. Compare . and contrast Truman’s Fair Deal with Roosevelt’s New Deal. In your answer, assess whether the Fair Deal broke any new ground in domestic reforms. . Background. Born in Lamar, MO (1884). MO a former slave state. Maternal and paternal grandparents had owned slaves. Ancestors supported the Confederacy. Moved to Independence (1890). Segregation and racism are prevalent. By Mr. Lane. Injustice. -The Armed Forces of the USA had been traditionally segregated. -1896 USSC case . Plessy v. Ferguson. legalized segregation in USA. -Whites and Blacks were not allowed to serve together. Do Nagasaki and Hiroshima constitute a crime against humanity?. Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) prohibits the unlawful killing of civilians during wartime.. Between 150,000-240,000 civilians died as a result of both bombs, another 2,000 died later in Hiroshima from cancers that could be directly traced to the radiation emitted by the blast.. Your Name. Date . Period. My Position. Containment was a good idea. We saved South Korea from communists. Harry Truman was U.S. President, his Truman Doctrine prevented the spread of communism. Invasion . In early 1947 Britain announced that it could no longer afford to resist the spread of communist influence in Greece and Turkey. Therefore Truman announced that the US would provide aid to anti-communist forces in these areas. This policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine. . Quotation from reading: . Thus does the movie [The Truman Show] offer us a metaphor for our own situation. The fake landscape Truman lives in is our own media landscape in which news, politics, advertising and public affairs are increasingly made up of theatrical illusions. Like our media landscape, it is convincing in its realism, with lifelike simulations and story lines, from the high-tech facsimile of a sun that benevolently beams down on Truman to the mock sincerity of the actor he mistakenly believes is his best friend. It is also rewarding and masquerades as something benevolent. And it is seamless -- there are almost no flaws that give away the illusion -- at least until things start to go wrong.. Truman and the atomic bomb . FDR dies April 12, 1945. Truman becomes President . Atomic Bomb dropped August 6. ,. 1945. Truman’s “Get Tough” Style. Truman had a personality ill suited for diplomacy. . 1945 - 1952. Truman as President . April 12, 1945. NOT FDR. No $$, no college, failed business. ‘34- Senator. Decisive, blunt, loyal, confident, self-assured. What’s the plan?. New Deal .  - New Dealers .