Harry Truman's Role As The President

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History should remember Harry Truman as a man that was given the position of the president of the United States because Franklin D. Roosevelt died, and would not have been elected if it was not for Roosevelt’s inability to campaign on his own. Truman was hired by the Roosevelt’s because of his great campaigning ability, and since Roosevelt was in a wheelchair, he was the man for the job. Truman was given the role as the president of the United States because he was the Vice President, not because he was capable of getting the job done. Truman was sworn in as the president during WWII, and there happened to be a bomb ready to use just as he became president. As a result, Truman did not have any idea on how to end the end, and if it were not

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