Harry+S+TRUMAN+(1945-1953)


 * **Dates In office: April 12,1945- January 20,1953** ||  ||
 * **Political Party**: Democrat ||  ||
 * **//Notes on Election(s)://** ||  ||
 * **//Vice President(s)://** Alben W. Barkley ||  ||
 * **//Key Cabinet Officials://**

__**Secretary of State:**__
 * Edward R. Stettinius Jr, (1945), James F. Byrnes (1945-47), George C. Marshall (1947-49), Dean G. Acheson (1949-53)**

__**Secretary of Treasury:**__ __**Secretary of War:**__ __**Secretary of Defense:**__ __**Secretary of Interior:**__ __**Secretary of Agriculture:**__ __**Secretary of Commerce:**__ __**Secretary of Labor:**__
 * Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1945), Frederick M. Vinson (1945-46), John W. Snyder (1946-53)**
 * Henry L. Stimson (1945), Robert P. Patterson (1945-47), Kenneth C. Royall (1947)**
 * James V. Forrestal (1947-49), Louis A. Johnson (1949-50), George C. Marshall (1950-51), Robert A. Lovett (1951-53)**
 * Harold L. Ickes (1945-46), Julius A. Krug (1946-49), Oscar L. Chapman (1950-53)**
 * Claude R. Wickard (1945), Clinton P. Anderson (1945-48), Charles F. Brannan (1948-53)**
 * Henry A. Wallace (1945-46), William Averell Harriman (1946-48), Charles Sawyer (1948-53)**
 * Frances Perkins (1945-46), Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1945-48), Maurice J. Tobin (1948-53)** ||  ||
 * **//Key Domestic Issues://** Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, Establishment of the CEA, Fair Deal Act, Employment Act of 1946, Truman Doctrine, Housing Act of 1949, Minimum wage is raised, NSC-68, Internal Security Act of 1950, Revenue Act of 1950, Mutual Security Act of 1951, McCarran-Walter Act of 1952. ||  ||
 * **//Key Foreign Policy/Diplomatic/Military Issues://** Atomic Bomb, Hydrogen Bomb, Soviet Spies, White Paper on China, Berlin Blockade, Truman Doctrine, NATO, Marshall Plan, Manhattan Project, Desegregation of Armed Forces, Korean War, Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ||  ||
 * **Key Constitutional/Legal Issues**: N/A ||  ||
 * **Territorial Expansion During this Period:** N/A ||  ||
 * **//Overall Assessment of Presidency://** Well, a major part, if not all, of Truman's presidency was to contain Communism. I believe he was very successful in doing so because of how Communism did not spread to the last two free areas in Europe, Greece and Turkey. This set a good track for his successors in containing Communism while it wasn't too powerful. The Truman Doctrine, NATO, NSC-68, etc. also were great for containment.


 * (This is __YOUR ANALYSIS__. It should NOT be taken from any other sources but your own brain!)** ||  ||
 * **//Other important facts://** Artillery Officer in the National Guard in France, briefly owned a haberdashery, became U.S. Senator in 1935.
 * (i.e. roles before/after the presidency//)//** ||  ||
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 * one cool graphic or video you have created, etc)**** ||  ||