Harry Truman
Harry Truman was the thirty-third president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
He assumed office upon Franklin Roosevelt's death and authorized the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
His name evokes plain-spoken decisiveness—The buck stops here and Give 'em hell, Harry became iconic phrases.
The Truman Doctrine shaped Cold War foreign policy.
Equitable treatment or transaction
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
- labor strikesWorkers collectively stopping work
- Taft-HartleyFederal labor management statute
housing act · inflation control · GI Bill · minimum wage · national health insurance · reconversion · price controls · coal strike
First nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- bombExplosive device or disaster
Little Boy · Fat Man · Enola Gay · radiation · fallout · uranium · plutonium · fission
Postwar American economic assistance
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- Berlin AirliftAllied supply mission, 1948
- NATOWestern defense organization
Soviet Union · communism · Stalin · Korea · 38th parallel · domino theory · espionage · Red Scare
Midwestern state, major river
- Kansas CityTwin-state metro area
- haberdasheryMen's clothing accessories retail
- BaptistImmersion-practicing Protestant
- FreemasonFraternal lodge member
farmer · plainspoken · everyman · common man · heartland · small-town · humble origins · county judge
Official presidential residence
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- Oval OfficePresident's formal workspace
- DemocratBlue party supporter
- DeweyLibrary classification pioneer
upset victory · administration · veto · executive order · State of the Union · whistle-stop · lame duck · legacy
Accepting ultimate responsibility
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- firmSolid or resolute
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
bold · assertive · steadfast · uncompromising · plain-spoken · direct · blunt · no-nonsense
Fair Deal
Equitable treatment or transaction
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
- labor strikesWorkers collectively stopping work
Taft-Hartley · housing act · inflation control · GI Bill · minimum wage · national health insurance · reconversion · price controls · coal strike · railroad strike
Hiroshima
First nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
- nuclearOf atomic energy
bomb · Little Boy · Fat Man · Enola Gay · radiation · fallout · uranium · plutonium · fission · Los Alamos
Marshall Plan
Postwar American economic assistance
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- Berlin AirliftAllied supply mission, 1948
NATO · Soviet Union · communism · Stalin · Korea · 38th parallel · domino theory · espionage · Red Scare · loyalty oaths
Missouri
Midwestern state, major river
- Kansas CityTwin-state metro area
- haberdasheryMen's clothing accessories retail
- BaptistImmersion-practicing Protestant
Freemason · farmer · plainspoken · everyman · common man · heartland · small-town · humble origins · county judge · bourbon
White House
Official presidential residence
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- Oval OfficePresident's formal workspace
- DemocratBlue party supporter
Dewey · upset victory · administration · veto · executive order · State of the Union · whistle-stop · lame duck · legacy · presidential library
buck stops here
Accepting ultimate responsibility
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- firmSolid or resolute
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
unwavering · bold · assertive · steadfast · uncompromising · plain-spoken · direct · blunt · no-nonsense · gutsy
- VeepsJoe Biden, Kamala Harris, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Mike Pence
- Missouri Politicians
- MissouriansMark Twain, Walt Disney, Jesse James, Chuck Berry, Yogi Berra
- Famous AmericansAbraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Rosa Parks
- PresidentsAbraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump
- MissouriGateway Arch, St. Louis, Kansas City, Ozarks, Branson
Harry TrumanJoseph Stalin
Mao Zedong · Nikita Khrushchev · Kim Il-sung · Ho Chi Minh · Josip Broz Tito
Harry TrumanFranklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy · Richard Nixon · Theodore Roosevelt · Calvin Coolidge