Packet 3: Tossup 8

The Former Presidents Act was passed to give this president a pension after he (15[1])claimed (15[2])to be (15[1])broke. (15[2])After this president oversaw the bombing (15[1])of Jayuya, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to (15[1])assassinate him (-5[1])at the Blair House. (15[1])Tom (15[1])Pendergast helped launch this man’s political career as a judge (15[2])in Jackson County, (*) Missouri. (10[2])This president’s (-5[1])“doctrine” followed (10[1])George (10[1])Kennan (10[1])in advocating containment of communism. (10[5])This president promoted (-5[1])Matthew Ridgway after firing Douglas Macarthur during (10[1])the Korean War. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (-5[1])president who ordered the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending World War II. ■END■ (10[2])

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