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The first inauguration of Harry S. Truman as the 33rd president of the United States was held at 7:09 pm on Thursday, April 12, 1945, at the Cabinet Room inside the White House in Washington, D.C., following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt earlier that day. The inauguration—the seventh non-scheduled, extraordinary inauguration to ...
The Truman Doctrine is a U.S. foreign policy that pledges American support for democratic nations against authoritarian threats. [1] The doctrine originated with the primary goal of countering the growth of the Soviet bloc during the Cold War .
The doctrine argued for the pursuit of peace through a partnership with U.S. allies. In Nixon's own words (Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam November 3, 1969) [25] First, the United States will keep all of its treaty commitments.
General view of the Capitol and the crowd attending the second Presidential Inauguration of Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the United States on January 20, 1949 in Washington D.C., United States.
Harry Truman’s address in 1947 was the first broadcast on television. ... That speech would have come soon after their inaugural addresses. However, many of them still gave a major speech to ...
Harry S. Truman's inaugural address, known as the Four Point Speech, was delivered by United States president Harry S. Truman, on Thursday, January 20, 1949. In a world only recently emerged from the shadow of World War II , in which freedom and human rights seemed under threat from many sides, this was Truman's response.
The Point Four Program was a technical assistance program for "developing countries" announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address on January 20, 1949. It took its name from the fact that it was the fourth foreign policy objective mentioned in the speech.
The initiatives of the Truman Doctrine solidified the post-war division between the United States and the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union responded by tightening its control over Eastern Europe. [85] Countries aligned with the Soviet Union became known as the Eastern Bloc, while the U.S. and its allies became known as the Western Bloc.