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Nuclearfiles.org: Chronology on Decision to Bomb
This detailed chronology of the events and communication of 1945-1946 shows Truman's role in the process of the decision to drop the world's first atomic bomb used in warfare upon Hiroshima and then the second upon Nagasaki. Also...
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.
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Harry Truman
Site provides biographical information about Harry Truman. Read on to learn about his presidency and view a picture of him.
US Navy
Uss Augusta Transports President Truman
[Archived Content] An article about the USS Augusta, a ship which transported President Truman to and from the Potsdam Conference.
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.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Student Activity: Harry Truman and the Truman Doctrine
There are two quotes about helping countries get on their feet economically. There are also follow-up questions after the quotes.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: President's Special News Conference on Coal Strike
In 1946, as the United States was recovering from World War II, coal miners struck. Read the transcript of a news conference President Harry Truman held to address this pressing economic issure.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Post War Prosperity, Cold War Fears 1945 1960: Challenges of Peacetime
Examines the challenges of demobilization after World War II, how Harry Truman addressed them, and how the government responded to the needs of war veterans.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Conquering World Hunger
Exhibit portrays how Harry Truman with the help of Herbert Hoover attempted to conquer the food problem in Europe after World War II.
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.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Speech on Veto of the Mc Carran Internal Security Act
Read this impassioned speech given by President Harry S. Truman in which he gave his justification for vetoing the McCarran Internal Security Act, claiming that it would help Communists rather than root them out, as the act intended.
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...
Digital History
Digital History: The Korean War and General Mac Arthur [Pdf]
Use this lesson plan to assess President Truman's decision to relieve General MacArthur of his command in the Korean War. Find Truman's goals for the war as opposed to MacArthur's and read each man's speech supporting his ideas. [pdf]
OpenStax
Open Stax: 1945 1960: African American Struggle for Civil Rights
Examines how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower dealt with the civil rights movement, the steps taken by African Americans to combat discrimination and segregation, and the reaction of white people in the South to the civil rights...
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Gen Douglas Mac Arthur Defends His Conduct
Read the speech General MacArthur gave to the Congress after President Truman removed him from command in the Korean War in which he explained his actions during the war.
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: Desegregation of the Armed Services
Information and lesson plan for grades 9-12 about President Harry Truman's work with A. Philip Randolph and other civil rights leaders to desegregate the armed services.
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)
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Missouri: Harry S Truman Farm Home
An image of the Harry S Truman Farm Home.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Missouri: Harry S Truman Historic District
An image of the Harry S Truman Historic District.
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Truman Sworn In
"So, Mr. President, what do you really think of General MacArthur?" A president's diary, detailing Harry Truman's thoughts on issues during his presidency. This site is provided by EyeWitness to History.
Library of Congress
Loc: Herblock's Presidents
Historically significant collection of political cartoons featuring U.S. Presidents from Library of Congress online teacher-student resources.
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...
Digital History
Digital History: Solutions to Five Crises [Pdf]
This site highlights the five foreign policy crises that needed the attention of Harry S. Truman at the end of World War II. Read about the US actions on these crises and determine how these actions affected foreign policy over the next...
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