Harry S. Truman
Harry S.
Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
He assumed office upon Franklin Roosevelt's death and made the decision to use atomic weapons against Japan.
His presidency included the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the Korean War.
The phrase the buck stops here is associated with him, expressing ultimate responsibility.
The S doesn't stand for a name—it honored both grandfathers.
Preventing hostile expansion
- Marshall PlanPostwar American economic assistance
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- communismCollective ownership system
- NATOWestern defense organization
foreign policy · Greece · Turkey · Iron Curtain · domino theory · interventionism · aid · Soviet Union
Midwestern state, major river
- Kansas CityTwin-state metro area
- haberdasherMen's accessories dealer
- farmerOne who cultivates land
- heartlandCentral region of significance
plain-spoken · humble origins · small-town · common man · Baptist · county judge · Main Street · modest
Second-ranking executive officer
- commander-in-chiefHighest military authority holder
- Oval OfficePresident's formal workspace
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- executive orderBinding directive from leadership
Democrat · inauguration · administration · veto · Potsdam Conference · Fair Deal · executive · statesmanship
First nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- Little BoyCodename for Hiroshima bomb
Fat Man · Enola Gay · bomb · decision · surrender · Japan · radiation · fallout
Rebuilding after destruction
- demobilizationEnding wartime military readiness
- GI BillVeteran education benefit
- baby boomPeriod of high births
- Berlin AirliftAllied supply mission, 1948
United Nations · rationing · prosperity · suburbia · Levittown · Fair Deal · desegregation · peacetime
Accepting final responsibility here
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- plain-spokenSpeaking without ornament
- firmSolid or resolute
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
bold · give 'em hell · blunt · courageous · steadfast · no-nonsense · direct · forthright
containment
Preventing hostile expansion
- Marshall PlanPostwar American economic assistance
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- communismCollective ownership system
NATO · foreign policy · Greece · Turkey · Iron Curtain · domino theory · interventionism · aid · Soviet Union · bipartisanship
Missouri
Midwestern state, major river
- Kansas CityTwin-state metro area
- haberdasherMen's accessories dealer
- farmerOne who cultivates land
heartland · plain-spoken · humble origins · small-town · common man · Baptist · county judge · Main Street · modest · unpretentious
vice president
Second-ranking executive officer
- commander-in-chiefHighest military authority holder
- Oval OfficePresident's formal workspace
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
executive order · Democrat · inauguration · administration · veto · Potsdam Conference · Fair Deal · executive · statesmanship · Korean War
Hiroshima
First nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
- nuclearOf atomic energy
Little Boy · Fat Man · Enola Gay · bomb · decision · surrender · Japan · radiation · fallout · uranium
reconstruction
Rebuilding after destruction
- demobilizationEnding wartime military readiness
- GI BillVeteran education benefit
- baby boomPeriod of high births
Berlin Airlift · United Nations · rationing · prosperity · suburbia · Levittown · Fair Deal · desegregation · peacetime · reconversion
the buck stops here
Accepting final responsibility here
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- plain-spokenSpeaking without ornament
- firmSolid or resolute
determined · bold · give 'em hell · blunt · courageous · steadfast · no-nonsense · direct · forthright · tenacious
- MissouriansMark Twain, Walt Disney, Jesse James, Chuck Berry, Yogi Berra
- MissouriGateway Arch, St. Louis, Kansas City, Ozarks, Branson
- UN foundingUnited Nations, UN Charter, United Nations Charter, founding members, original members
Harry S. TrumanJoseph Stalin
Mao Zedong · Kim Il-sung · Eastern Bloc · Nikita Khrushchev · Ho Chi Minh
Harry S. TrumanDwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover · Calvin Coolidge · Barry Goldwater · Richard Nixon · Douglas MacArthur