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Harry S. Truman
1945 - 1953
Other Truman pictures are located at TP Images of American Political History.
Required Readings for Weeks 4-5
(February 6-8, 11-15):
1) Greenstein Chapter 3 - The Uneven Leadership of Harry S. Truman
2) Russell Renka, Harry S. Truman--An Average President in an Extraordinary Era
3) Thomas Harte, Harry Truman's Theory of Rhetoric
Truman's presidential election of 1948
Truman quiz: February 13 through 19
Essay 2 on Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy: Friday, March 7 in the Drop Box; exemplary Essay 1 at Student Papers
Professor Renka's Truman Links; Miller Center's biography - President Harry S. Truman: A Life in Brief
Timeline: The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century - Harry S. Truman
Audio/Video files:
1)
Presidential Audio-Video Archive - Harry S. Truman
2) Truman Library
- speeches audio of 3/12/47 Truman Doctrine
3) APP -
7/15/48 acceptance of Democratic presidential nomination
4) election victory and mimicry of H.W. Kaltenborn
(www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-1948election.htm)
or Lest WE
Forge! Presented by Roosevelt High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Classes of
1951 -
Government's Greatest Achievements HTML Timeline covering 78th through 82nd Congresses (1944-1953).
Key Terms: Historical and Political Key Terms
Links:
United States History 1940-1950 and
United States History 1950-1959; Richard Jensen's
American Political History On-Line - Truman-Eisenhower