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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum: Prohibition and the Constitution [Pdf]
Offers a lesson plan through which middle schoolers create cartoons illustrating the reasons behind Prohibition and the repeal of Prohibition. It provides links to sources, student handouts, and a scoring rubric.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library: The Marshall Plan
This is a list of the actual documents with correspondence concerning the Marshall Plan.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Fair Deal
Overview of the successful and failed domestic policies and social reforms of President Harry S. Truman's Fair Deal following WWII.
Other
Temple University: Henry Wallace
Background information on why Harry Truman called for Henry Wallace's resignation as Secretary of Commerce.
US Department of State
Biographies of Secretaries of State: Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr., 1900 1949
Brief biography of Edward Stettinius, Jr. whe served as Secretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, overseaing the end of World War II and the creation of the United Nations.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Veto of the Taft Hartley Labor Bill
Primary source document of President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Labor Bill, 1947.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Harry S. Truman
Brief biographical sketch of America's thirty-third president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
270 To Win
270towin: 1948 Presidential Election
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1948 won by Harry Truman in a surprise victory considered by many one of the greatest election upsets in American history.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum: Marshall Plan
Excerpts from an interview with George C. Marshall concerning the Marshall Plan. Questions are also supplied to assist in expansion of knowledge about the topics.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library: The U. S. Recognizes Israel: Historical Background
Provides the background for why Britain finally turned Palestine over to the United Nations to solve the problem of an Israeli state. Click on hyperlink to access a timeline of events.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: The Berlin Airlift
Contains background information about the Berlin airlift as well as links to other pages with information concerning this event.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Checks and Balances
Descriptions of the separate powers and functions of the three branches of the federal government. Site explains how the powers of one branch check and balance those of another.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Three Branches of Our Government
This slide and the six that follow it (use the advance button near the bottom of the screen) offer an explanation of each of the three branches of government and the duties they perform, including discussion of the tensions arising from...
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Odyssey: Part 1 of the Civil Rights Era: Desegregation
Photos, cartoons and text sum up the post war period and efforts to fight segregation in the military by President Truman.
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma University Law: Germany's Surrender Papers
This site contains the text of the papers that Germany signed to accept defeat, ending World War II in Europe. It also includes the text of President Harry S. Truman's proclamation of the end of the war in Europe.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum: Un Resolution 181: 1947 Partition
The map shows the partition of Israel according to UN Resolution 181 in 1947.
US Navy
Naval Historical Center: The Potsdam Conference, July August 1945
This is a brief summary with pictures of the Potsdam Conference.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: Peace Becomes Cold War, 1945 1950
A discussion of historical events that led to the Cold War from the perspective of the U.S. Army. Particular emphasis is placed on military leadership and policy.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University: Politics in the Atomic Age
Oregon State online exhibit on Atomic Energy and Nuclear History features discussion and primary source material on the politics of the Atomic Age, citizen reaction and the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.
Digital History
Digital History: The Decision to Drop the Bomb [Pdf]
The day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gave the go-ahead to scientists to develop an atomic bomb. This site gives a good overview of the war in the Pacific against Japan, the increasing successes of the...
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
George Marshall Exhibit Teaching Activities
This is a teaching activity concerning George Marshall and the Marshall Plan.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Development and Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Read about how the atomic bomb was first developed, starting the nuclear arms race. As nuclear weapons proliferated, so did apprehension. A Non-Proliferation Treaty was released in 1968, and governments began to sign on to it. Green...
Other
Behind the Scenes: The Mc Carran Internal Security Act
Read about the origins and impact of the McCarran Internal Security Act which President Harry Truman called "the greatest danger to freedom of speech, press and assembly, since the Alien and Sedition Laws of 1798." Find out how a fear of...
US National Archives
Docsteach: What Kind of Leader Was General Douglas Mac Arthur?
In this activity, learners will analyze video clips, photographs, and written documents related to General Douglas MacArthur to explore the controversy surrounding his career, especially the decision by President Harry S. Truman to...
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