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Harry S. Trum President Of The United States After The Cold War

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Harry S. Truman became commander in chief of the United States after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945. In the course of Truman’s eight years in office he came across with massive challenges in both foreign and domestic affairs. Truman’s approaches toward the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and overseas became a major way of leading foreign policy in America for generations. At home, Truman protected and reinforced the New Deal reforms of his predecessor, guided the American economy from a war-time to a peace-time footing, and advanced the cause of African-American civil rights. Harry Truman, son of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884. As a young boy Harry went to public schools in Independence, graduating high school in the year 1901 after that Trumann’s family financial problem kept him from attending college. As a result, Truman worked on the family farm between the years 1906 to 1914. Later on, Truman wedded Bess Wallace on June 28, 1919, a woman whom he had known growing up. Truman and Bess only had one child that was born on February 17, 1924 named Mary Margaret. After Truman’s father past away, he tried to make a living as an operator of a small mining company and some oil business, but when he failed he remained working in the farm. “In 1917, Truman 's National Guard unit shipped out to France as part of the American Expeditionary Force fighting the World War I. The soldiering life suited Truman,

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