Question

How did Harry Truman lose the votes of the Southern Democrats

Answer 1

In January 1948, Truman's former secretary of commerce (and vice president during Roosevelt's third term), Henry Wallace, announced his intention to run for President as a member of the Progressive Party.
Truman also faced the prospect of losing the votes of the conservative, southern wing of the Democratic Party, which threatened to bolt over the President's public embrace of African-American civil rights.

Answer 2

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EXPLANATIONS:

Harry Truman assumed the presidency after FDR's death.

He learned about the Manhattan Project after he took of his office.

Germany surrendered in May 1945.

So he had to decided whether to use the atomic bomb from up against Japan.

He arguments in favor of using the bomb:

• Americans were tried of war and wanted a speedy end to it.
• Japan had shown no willingness to surrender.
• It seemed willing to fight to the end.
• Invasion would cost 100,000 or more Americans lives.
• Atomic bomb could actually save their lives.