Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Museum and Library: Blockade Lifted
Discussion on the events leading up to the lifting of the Berlin Blockade as well as actual figures for the amount of aid delivered to Berlin throughout the Airlift.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Harry S. Truman
Review a transcript of Harry S. Truman's inaugural address given on January 20, 1949.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum: Truman Doctrine
A brief description of the Truman Doctrine. It includes charts showing the aid given to Turkey and Greece.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Fair Deal
Read this essay which explains the parts of Harry S. Truman's domestic policies, called the Fair Deal. Find out about the successes and failures of this program.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: James Francis Byrnes (1879 1972)
Biorgraphy of James F. Byrnes who served as Secretary of State under Harry S. Truman during the transition from WWII to the Cold War.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Government's Employee Loyalty Program
A descriptive statement by President Harry S. Truman outlining his administration's loyalty review program for government employees.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Harry S. Truman
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Harry S. Truman.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry Truman & the Potsdam Conference: Student Activity
This activity allows students to see President Truman's perspective at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. Features include overview and firsthand accounts of conference, questions, vocabulary, and photos.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library: The President's Cabinet
Features a teacher-directed activity that explores the President's Cabinet and the duties of each secretary.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Why Does the President Need a Cabinet?
Find out why a president needs a cabinet and scroll down to find out about President Washington's first Cabinet.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Executive Order 9835
Find the executive order from President Harry S. Truman which outlined the loyalty review program to examine the loyalty of federal employees. This was issued in response to anti-Communist hysteria at the time.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: The President's News Conference on v E Day
Here is the transcript of the news conference President Harry S. Truman had on May 8, 1945, just before the release of his proclamation declaring the end of hostilities in Europe. Read why he released this early to journalists, and enjoy...
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Truman Presidential Museum and Library
Here is a wealth of information on President Truman, including research ideas, teacher lessons, and student activities. There are also primary source documents, PowerPoint presentations, photographs, and more.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Truman vs. Dewey
Read about one of the most surprising political defeats in American history. The election of 1948 between President Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey was supposed to be a landslide. Find out about Truman's stand on policies, and read about...
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Truman Library: Telegram: Injunction in the Copper Industry Strike
Beset by labor unrest and strikes after World War II, President Truman sent a telegram to the Attorney General advising him to step into the dispute between copper companies and labor unions to avert strikes and lock outs. Read the...
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College: Early Cold War Era u.s. Foreign Policy
In his article entitled "Economic Interests, Party, and Ideology in Early Cold War Era U.S. Foreign Policy", Benjamin O. Fordham discusses the United States' foreign policy during the Cold War, focusing on the country's ideology, party...
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Truman Museum & Library: Margaret's Biography
An extensive biographical sketch of the life of Margaret Truman, daughter of United States President Harry S. Truman. Details her family background and educational history. Highlights her books she has published and works she has edited.
BBC
Bbc: President Truman and the Origins of the Cold War
BBC correspondent Arnold A Offner discusses the role Harry S. Truman played in development of the Cold War. American history from a British point of view.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian: Dividing the Spoils
Historian Michael Beschloss discusses Harry S. Truman's role in the Potsdam Conference and examines how his decisions there paved the way for the Cold War. (December 2002)
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum: The Long Telegram
This primary source document reveals Russia's growing distrust of the United States and its desire to strengthen its position in the global community through greater military security.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Three Branches of Government
Interactive teaching unit for Grades 5-8 that helps to explain the three branches of government and the the balance of power. Topics covered include balance of government, how a bill becomes a law, the amendment process, the Legislative...
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Truman, Harry S. 1884 1972
List of Harry Truman's accomplishments during his political career, including his terms as a Democratic Senator from Missouri, a Vice President, and Thirty-third President of the United States.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: United States History Since 1920: Truman Loyalty Oath, 1947
In March, 1947, President Truman issued an executive order requiring that all Federal employees take a loyalty oath swearing loyalty to the United States. This was a time of fear of Communists and the Soviet Union. Read the entire...
Other
Mr. Dowling's Passport: Harry Truman's Decision
Read about Harry Truman and his decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan which ultimately ended World War II.