Harry S Truman was born on May 8‚ 1884‚ and was the oldest child of 3. He was born in Lamar‚ Missouri on a small farm in a room barely big enough for a bed. After 8 months of living in Lamar‚ the family decided to move to Harrisonville‚ Missouri. There‚ his mother gives birth to 2 children‚ John Vivian Truman in 1886‚ and Mary Jane Truman in 1889. Truman never attended college‚ but worked a variety of jobs throughout high school. In 1905‚ he enrolled into the missouri court guard and served until
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the Senate. Harry S. Truman was born on May 8‚ 1884‚ in Lamar‚ MO. He was the son of John Anderson and Martha Ellen Young Truman. A family compromise between grandfathers middle names‚ Shipp and Solomon resulted giving him only the middle initial S. Sometimes he used a period (.)‚ sometimes he didn’t. In his early childhood‚ he moved yearly from farm to farm. In 1890 the family moved to Independence‚ MO where they remained until 1902. After graduating from High School‚ Truman worked at several
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Harry S. Truman had to make some of the most difficult choices that any president has ever had to make. He was president from April 12‚ 1945 to January 20‚ 1953‚ he took over just before World War 2 ended‚ went through the Korean war‚ and went through part of the Cold war. When Truman took office Franklin D. Roosevelt died about three months after and close to the same time he had to make the choice of dropping the atomic bombs on Japan to end the war. Which to date are the only atomic bombs used
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never been carried out again. Through the Mock Trial‚ Harry S. Truman was put on trial for crimes against humanity. At the end of the three day trial‚ and after much deliberation the jury came to the decision that Harry S. Truman was guilty of crimes against humanity. I was not fully content with this decision‚ however‚ I am able to understand why the jury came to the decision that they made. First of all‚ the jury felt that even though bombing was required to end the war‚ the US could have dropped
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After Japan bombed Pearl Harbour‚ President Truman (U.S) requested that Japan surrender‚ but they didn’t. So President Truman responded by dropping 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So therefore‚ President Trumans’ decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was completely justified and rational. It was also the best possible option at the time because first of all Japan started it‚ also‚ war is such a hassle to deal with and we wanted to avoid that‚ and we couldn’t just let Japan
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the 33rd United States president‚ after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s sudden death‚ Harry S. Truman presided over the end of WWII. When Truman learned of the success of the “Manhattan Project” he knew that he was faced with a decision of unparalleled gravity. He was well aware that the capacity to end the war with Japan was in his hands‚ however‚ he was also aware that it would involve unleashing the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. July 26‚ 1945 President Truman‚ United Kingdom Prime
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World War II was without a doubt the bloodiest conflict in human history. Quite frankly it could have been much worse. In 1945 the United States faced the real possibility of having to invade Imperial Japan. Such an invasion would have to rival D-day in scale and cost untold thousands in American blood and treasure. However‚ President Harry S. Truman had an alternative. Over the past several years‚ working in secret‚ some of the greatest minds in science had developed a weapon. A bomb that could
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different presidents and there has been many good president’s that we have learned about through time. The first president of the United States was George Washington and many people liked him for all sorts of reasons but the main reason everyone liked him because he was a good leader. George Washington had his falls just has many other people do because we are only human and he was in charge and had to make some very powerful decisions. Before we get into why George was a good president you should
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Truman was born a racist and everything he did in office was to gain votes from the black community. Although Truman is recognized as a great president‚ vice president‚ and senator it is hard to overlook the racial comments he had once stated and the laws he took to keep immigrants out of the country. Harry S. Truman is known for desegregating the military and attempting to establish equality for all races. Harry Truman was born in Independence‚ Missouri an area that was filled with racial slurs
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Calvin Coolidge‚ America’s thirtieth president‚ led Americans in a different way than other presidents. He became president following the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Even though Coolidge was a quiet man‚ he was able to effectively lead America into prosperity. Coolidge grew up as a silent and wealthy boy. He was born on July 4‚ 1872‚ in Plymouth Notch‚ Vermont.When Coolidge was twelve years old‚ his mother died. His teenage sister‚ Abigail Grace Coolidge‚ died several years later
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