Truman Presidency (apr 14, 1945 – jan 11, 1953)

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Harry S. Truman was the vice president who became president when FDR died in April 1945; he was elected on his own in 1948. Truman ordered the use of atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II, set the course of postwar containment of Communism in the Cold War, and created a Fair Deal program to carry on the New Deal’s domestic agenda.

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