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Which of the Following Statements About Truman's Legacy as President

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Which of the following statements about Truman's legacy as president is accurate?


A) He spent too much of his energy on decreasing the power of the federal government and the presidency, which in turn dangerously limited the power of the military.
B) He was most successful in his ability to prevent widespread conformity of thought and behavior in the United States and to quell any anti-Communist hysteria.
C) He failed to use enough American resources in his efforts to address communism and focused too much on prioritizing his responses to Soviet adventurism.
D) He helped open the way for what Dwight D.Eisenhower would eventually call the military-industrial complex, in part through the creation of new government agencies.
E) He was considered far more corrupt than his administration, and in the early fifties toward the end of his presidency, the economy began to rapidly decline.

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