1. Harry Truman and a Time of Change
Suddenly these and a host of other wartime problems became Truman's to solve when, on April 12, 1945, he became President (whitehouse.gov). ... There was little down time between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Truman administration's next foreign problem, the occupation of Korea and the Korean War. ... Dating back to the end of the American Revolution, interest in China was growing and a large trading vessel was shipped in hope for a large flourishing trade with China. ... After China was passed under Communist control in 1949, the Marshall Plan was willing to give ...
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- Approx Pages: 10
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate