Harry S. Truman

there may be many reasons for President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the nuclear bombs, the primary one must have been terminating the war avoiding additional U.S. losses. Japan was a part of the Axis, a military alliance with Germany and Italy created in September 1940. During 1941, America became more and more involved with the nations fighting the Axis. President Franklin D.…

Dwight D. Eisenhower was a man who was a leader during a time of war. He was born in Denison, Texas in 1890. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1915. His leadership capabilities were show and eventually led him to becoming the Allied Forces Supreme Commander during World War II. Eisenhower's contributions to our country came through his leadership whether as a general, allied commander or as the president of the United States. Dwight Eisenhower was the son of David and Ida…

President Truman and the United States Government had many alternatives to dropping the atomic on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. The United States could take part in a land invasion of Japan in order to fight surrender out of them. Waiting for Russia to break their Japanese neutrality act and attack Japan was also a very viable option presented to Truman while he was deliberating dropping the atomic bombs. Unfortunately, there were very good reasons why both of these options were…

Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Texas, had served in the military, and had became America’s 34th president. Throughout his life, he had accomplished many great things, from signing the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1957, to keeping America at peace with foreign countries. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American politician and general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. Eisenhower was an amazing person, and helped America become what it is today.…

-Truman and his band of foreign policy believed that Stalin intended to exploit any Western weakness and to take over any territory he thought to be vulnerable. -In a speech, Truman stated that “I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities and outside pressures.” In this speech, Truman did not state that the armed minorities were the Communists; however, no one at the time or thereafter doubted that…

Joseph McCarthy was born in 1908 in Appleton, Wisconsin. He attended school until he was fourteen but dropped out in eighth grade to help on the family farm as well as raise chickens. At the age of twenty, he decided to go back to school and in one year went through ninth to twelfth grades to graduate. He graduated with honors yet he told people he had higher grades than he actually earned. (Morgan 2003) Ted Morgan in Legal Affairs noted that McCarthy’s high school grades were below 90 due to…

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, is down in history as one of the most influential of all the First Ladies (Maney 1). Eleanor accomplished many things, from being a writer and an activist, to co-founding Val-Kill Industries. Eleanor often traveled across the country to inspect the social conditions that the citizens of that region were living in (Freedman 2). If the conditions did not meet her standards, she would attempt to reform through the…

You may know Matthew Chandler Fox from the hit television show “Party of Five” for his role as Charlie Salinger. Or maybe you have seen him on “Lost” as Jack Shephard. But not a lot of people know that he is actually a graduate from Columbia University. This Pennsylvania local grew up with a teacher for a mother and a father who was a consultant for an oil company. At a young age, he was surrounded by longhorn cattles and horses in Wyoming. To get his higher education, he enrolled a four year…

The Truman doctrine supplied aid to the nations who refused to back down to armed invaders trying to inforce communism. Also it offered finical aid to those who did not give in to outside pressure. The Doctrine also backed those countries politically and it offered military support to those nations. Even if the Nations were engaged in civil war. Truman’s doctrine argued that the U.S. could not just stand by and watching while the Soviet Union took over former fellow democratic nations by force…

As history progresses, we learn from our downfalls and progressions. As a country we need a leader to guide us through both of these. A strong speaker will give humanity, faith and guidance. First off a man who speaks of faith, hope, and charity I will speak of President Roosevelt. Than a man who wants the original American dream with the possible friendly competition. Saying we are the solution to a better America and we are the way to fix it Mr. Richard Nixon. I read Franklin Roosevelt and…