USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
A
Henry Wallace
B
George Wallace
C
Harry S Truman
D
Dwight Eisenhower
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Suddenly these and a host of other wartime problems became Truman’s to solve when, on April 12, 1945, he became America’s 33rd President.

Detailed explanation-2: -He is most known for putting an end to World War II in the Pacific by dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. He is also known for the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the Korean War. Harry grew up on a farm in Missouri.

Detailed explanation-3: -Truman was sworn in as president of the United States on April 12, 1945, after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Detailed explanation-4: -On April 12, only weeks before Germany’s unconditional surrender on May 7, President Roosevelt died suddenly in Warm Springs, Georgia, bringing Vice President Harry S. Truman, a veteran of the United States Senate, to the presidency.

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