The Truman Administration

The Truman presidency was characterized by an internationalist foreign policy, the Cold War, and domestic unrest.

Following World War II, Truman faced new political challenges, such as preventing Soviet expansion and rebuilding a peacetime economy.

Following the war, the U.S. was largely able to maintain economic growth and resist inflation.

President Truman's actions on civil rights are seen as early movement in the decades-long quest for legal equality for African Americans.

Despite predictions that Republican candidate Thomas Dewey would win the 1948 election, incumbent Democrat Harry Truman won.

President Truman's domestic reform agenda, called the Fair Deal, was a set of proposals aimed at economic development and social welfare.