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american politics

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd American President who led the US through the Great Depression (New Deal) and World War II — elected four times — and whose fireside chats, optimism, and political mastery made him the dominant political figure of 20th century America.

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Harry Truman

33rd American President who made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, launched the Marshall Plan, created NATO, and oversaw the beginning of the Cold War — a small-town Missouri politician who became president without preparation when FDR died and made some of the most consequential decisions in modern history.

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