Works Cited
http://listverse.com/2007/12/19/top-25-quotes-of-harry-truman/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/truman-life/3/
http://www.biography.com/people/harry-s-truman-9511121?page=1
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/truman-life/3/
http://www.biography.com/people/harry-s-truman-9511121?page=1
Glossary
Atomic bomb - technology resulting from splitting the nucleus of a uranium atom resulting in huge amount of energy
Cold War - diplomatic hostiility between Soviet Union and US
Berlin Airlift - planes taking food and supplies to West Berlin to break Soviet blockade
Enola Gay - U.S. Army Air Force B-29 bomber that dropped bomb on Japan
Marshall Plan - proposal that America give aid to any European country that needed it after WWII
Mao Zedong - Communist Chinese leader
Potsdam Conference - where Stalin, Churchill and Truman discuss post-war Germany
Truman Doctrine - Truman's support for countries that rejected Communism
V-E Day - the day Truman announced the end of the war in Europe via radio
Whistle stop campaign - Truman's 1948 presidential campaign on a train trip making hundreds of stops
Cold War - diplomatic hostiility between Soviet Union and US
Berlin Airlift - planes taking food and supplies to West Berlin to break Soviet blockade
Enola Gay - U.S. Army Air Force B-29 bomber that dropped bomb on Japan
Marshall Plan - proposal that America give aid to any European country that needed it after WWII
Mao Zedong - Communist Chinese leader
Potsdam Conference - where Stalin, Churchill and Truman discuss post-war Germany
Truman Doctrine - Truman's support for countries that rejected Communism
V-E Day - the day Truman announced the end of the war in Europe via radio
Whistle stop campaign - Truman's 1948 presidential campaign on a train trip making hundreds of stops