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What was the name of Harry S. Truman's father?
John Truman
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What was Truman's first job in politics?
He was a district judge in Jackson County.
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What was the name of the conference President Truman attended during the initial months of his presidency to meet with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin?
The Potsdam Conference
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What was the name of his social reform agenda?
The fair deal
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What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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What was the main reason why Harry S. Truman was unable to attend college?
His family could not afford to send him to college.
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In what year did Truman become a senator?
1934
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What was Truman's most controversial decision during the end of World War 2 that is still being debated today?
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Approximately how much did the fair deal drop his approval rating.
Your answer needs to be close to 55%.
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How did Truman defend the marshall plan?
He stated that communism thrives in economically depressed countries.
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In 1917 what did Harry S. Truman enlist in and what was the name of the event?
Harry S. Truman enlisted in the military when the United States entered World War 1
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What year was Truman inaugurated into office for the position of vice president?
1945 (January 20th, 1945)
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List the two things Truman introduced/instituted due to the spread of communism.
The marshall plan and the Truman doctrine.
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What was his greatest legislative success?
Truman issued executive orders to end segregation in the U.S. armed forces and prohibited discrimination in federal government jobs.
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Briefly explain what the Truman Doctrine states about the United States stance towards foreign affairs.
It states that the United States will give support to nations that are resisting attempted subjugation by outside pressures.
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What position did Truman enlist in during World War 1?
He enlisted into the National Guard of France.
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True or false: Truman became president of the United States by winning the election.
False: The previous president died during his term and the position was given to the vice president which was Harry S. Truman.
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When berlin was split between the soviet union and the other allied countries what did Truman initiate in 1948?
He began airdropping supplies into west Germany.
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Who did Truman appoint as the first commander of NATO?
Dwight d. Eisenhower
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True or false: The Korean War is an example of the Truman doctrine in action.
True
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When did Harry S. Truman return from the war and what was the nickname of his wife?
Harry S. Truman returned from the war 1919 and his wife's nickname was Besse.
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What was the cause of death for the previous president before Truman?
Cerebral Hemorrhage
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Briefly, explain the reason why Truman's approval rating fell near the end of his term?
The reason why is because Truman was faced with dealing the challenge of transitioning the United States to a peacetime economy. He also saw a shortage of consumer goods and a national railroad strike during his presidency.
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What was Truman's main reason for firing General Macarthur?
General Macarthur planned on nuking china. The reason why this was a bad choice is because its sets up a future precedent that could have escalated other small skirmishes into nuclear war in the future.
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True or false: The ceasefire for the Korean war was signed between Truman and the representatives of China and North Korea.
False