<P> Truman presided over an unexpected surge in economic prosperity as the U.S. sought readjustment after long years of depression and war . His presidency was a turning point in foreign affairs as the United States engaged in an internationalist foreign policy and renounced isolationism . Truman helped found the United Nations in 1945 , issued the Truman Doctrine in 1947 to contain Communism and got the $13 billion Marshall Plan enacted to rebuild Western Europe . His political coalition was based on the white South , labor unions , farmers , ethnic groups and traditional Democrats across the North . Truman was able to rally these groups of supporters during the 1948 presidential election and win a surprise victory that secured a presidential term in his own right . </P>
<P> Truman presided over an unexpected surge in economic prosperity as the U.S. sought readjustment after long years of depression and war . His presidency was a turning point in foreign affairs as the United States engaged in an internationalist foreign policy and renounced isolationism . Truman helped found the United Nations in 1945 , issued the Truman Doctrine in 1947 to contain Communism and got the $13 billion Marshall Plan enacted to rebuild Western Europe . His political coalition was based on the white South , labor unions , farmers , ethnic groups and traditional Democrats across the North . Truman was able to rally these groups of supporters during the 1948 presidential election and win a surprise victory that secured a presidential term in his own right . </P>
who was president of the usa in 1947
who was president of the usa in 1947
Truman
Truman