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Harry S. Truman:
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States. After winning his big election, he wanted Japan to surrender. That didn't work out so well. So after consultation, he ordered the atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan. He then presented to Congress what is known as the Fair Deal. Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, in 1884. He was a farmer for 12 years of his life and after that he went to France after World War 1 as a captain in the Field Artillery. When Truman came home he was elected a judge of the Jackson County Court in 1922. Then later became Senator in 1934. On April 12, 1945 he became the President of the United States. As late as May 1945, the U.S. was engaged in heavy fighting with Japan. The bombing on Pearl Harbor was just four years before and still fresh on the minds of many Americans. Truman had many alternatives to ending the war which include: Invading Japanese mainland, Holding a demonstration of the destructive power of the atomic bomb for Japanese dignitaries, DROPPING AN ATOMIC BOMB ON SELECTED JAPANESE INDUSTRIES, bomb and blockade Japanese islands, wait for Soviet to enter war, or Compromise Peace. After rejection of the Postdam Declaration, Truman authorized bombing. Truman decided to present to Congress the 21-point program, proposing the expansion of Social Security, a full-employment program, a permanent Fair Employment Practices Act, and public housing and slum clearance. This was known as the Fair Deal. Truman got a lot of people to turn against him because they didn't like any of the things that he was doing for them. But he quickly changed that with his act upon the world with the Fair Deal and to get even with the Japanese. After the bombing on Pearl Harbor, it left many Americans in complete desperation for the government to do something back to the Japanese. Truman ended the war by his plan because he got the Japanese surrendered.