PPT-The Cold War President Harry S. Truman

1945 1952 Truman as President April 12 1945 NOT FDR No no college failed business 34 Senator Decisive blunt loyal confident selfassured Whats the plan New Deal New Dealers . K                     About Constitution Day Close your eyes.Can you see a big,round bubble?Gently,it floats through the air.Quietly,up and up itgoes.The light makes the bubble sh 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. 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. . 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. 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. The Cold War,. 1945–1952. Part One:. Introduction. . Chapter Focus Questions . What were the prospects for world peace at the end of World War II?. What was the diplomatic policy during the Cold War?. Ch.18.1. (stopped at Germany). The (not so happy) couple during WWII:. Unite States of America. President Harry Truman. The bond that holds this relationship together is their mutual hatred of Hitler.. During . the 1930s, unemployment and insecurity had pushed up the suicide rate and decreased the marriage rate.  The population growth was also declining as couples had economic troubles.  . In the initial postwar years, the economy struggled; prices elevated 33% from 1946-1947 after the wartime price controls were removed.  An epidemic of . Everything You Need To Know About Harry Truman To Succeed In APUSH. www.Apushreview.com. Background on Truman. FDR’s VP during his 4. th. term. Becomes president upon FDR’s death on April 12, 1945. Chapter 26 AMSCO. Themes. Containment. Communism. UN. Nuclear Proliferation. Introduction. WWII. Isolationist to military superpower, world affairs leader. Revitalized American Economy. Cold War. Democratic United States vs. Communist Soviet Union. Explain the point of view of the cartoon. Chapter 36: . The Cold War Begins. (the “grim struggle for world power between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. in the post World War II world”). How did the United States and the Soviet Union become Cold War adversaries?. 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. Mr. Krueger and Class. Truman and the Cold War. Conflict between the U.S and the Soviet Union began gradually. For years they dealt with:. Division in Europe. Postwar Economic Aid. Atomic Bomb. American diplomats sought peace with a suspicious Soviet Union. --US Businessman Bernard Baruch, 1947. The Start of the Cold War. As One War Ends…A New One Begins. By the end of 1945, with the Second World War over, tensions between the Allies (United States and the Soviet Union) were already apparent. The situation only grew more tense the follow year. In 1946, the following occurred:.