Harry S. Truman by FAITH SWANK https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw Truman became president after Franklin Roosevelt passed away and was the 33rd president. en-us 2017-02-03 16:26:17 UTC 2023-03-19 15:55:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Background information: 19swankf https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/151490815 -Born May 8, 1884 in Lamar Missouri
-Did not attend college. He worked a variety of jobs after high school and after 5 years he joined national guard, went to independence high school
-Married: Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, known as Bess Truman in 1919
-Children: he only had one daughter her name was Mary Margaret Truman Daniel

]]> 2017-02-03 16:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/151490815 19swankf https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/151884930 2017-02-06 16:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/151884930 Accomplishments 19swankf https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152463190 -In his first months in office he dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, ending World War II.
-Passed the $13 billion Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, including the Axis Powers of both World Wars
-Assisted in the founding of the United Nations]]> 2017-02-08 14:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152463190 His Quotes 19swankf https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152464810 "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit".

"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell".
" I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it".

Early Life:
-He was born with poor vision and required glasses
-Hardworking, but his poor eyesight affected some of his future things he wanted to do.
-He attended a business college in Kansas City for a semester but, with his family's finances increasingly dire he dropped out of school and took a job in the mailroom of the Kansas City Star in the summer of 1902.
-Had plenty of jobs before becoming president
-Truman was elected to the United States Senate in 1934
- Truman left office in 1953 and died in December 26 1972.



















]]> 2017-02-08 14:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152464810 19swankf https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152474033 2017-02-08 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152474033 During his time(era) 19swankf https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152474565 -His policy of communist containment started the Cold War, and he initiated U.S. involvement in the Korean War.]]> 2017-02-08 14:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152474565 Harry and his input 19swankf https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152476967 2017-02-08 14:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152476967 Years 19swankf https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152478624 1945-1953]]> 2017-02-08 14:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/19swankf/c3vyjntp8agw/wish/152478624