WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who became president after FDR died in office?
A
Woodrow Wilson
B
Dwight D. Eisenhower
C
Harry S. Truman
D
Calvin Coolidge
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Harry Truman became president after FDR died in April 1945 since he was Vice President of the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties with Soviet Russia. Suddenly these and a host of other wartime problems became Truman’s to solve when, on April 12, 1945, he became President.

Detailed explanation-3: -After President Roosevelt died on April 12th, 1945, it became Harry Truman’s job to decide how to end the war.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Harry Truman lived for nineteen years after leaving the White House in 1953. He and his wife Bess returned to Truman’s hometown of Independence, Missouri, where Truman spent his post-presidential years guarding and constructing his legacy and place in history.

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