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The Role Of President Roosevelt

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Harry's fame and political experience made him the ideal choice when president Roosevelt was looking for a running member. Roosevelt was unhappy with his vice president, Alfred A. Wallace. He was too liberal for politics, so he chose Harry. The vice president, at this time, was very important due to the conditions of the president. 82 days into Roosevelts 4th term, he had died (Etingoll 1-49).With the death of Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, Truman succeeded to the presidency. Although Truman was a veteran politician and legislator, he had no experience in foreign affairs ("Harry S. Truman" 3). Although Harry successfully guided the country to the end of the war, his popularity dropped throughout his first term. It offered people more government

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