Eisenhower 1950s

Election of 1952

Dems. chose adlai stevenson

Gop chose eisenhower and nixon

Nixon was caught having a “slush fund”

Nixon saved his reputation by saying the checkers speach. (showed the power of the tv)

Eisenhower won by 442 to 89

Foreign Policy

U.S built a fleet of super bombers called Strategic air command (capable of dropping nukes anywhere)

Stopped the Suez Canal crisis

Did nothing for the Hungarian Uprising

Warsaw Pact

Created by the USSR

was a defense pact between the soviet satelight states (Hungary, Romania Albania, Czechoslovakia, etc)

U-2 Spy mission

Francis Gary Powers - a pilot went over the Soviet Union and spied on their advances in the space race

On the final mission over russia, he was shot down and sent to prison

USSR and U.S relations

Nikita Khrushev denounced Stalins actions

U.S and USSR planned an arms reductions and dissarmerment

After U-2 Spy incident all plans were put to an end

Domestic Policy

cut spending by decresing defense budget and transferring agencies to state or private control

fought illegal immigration (sent 1 million of the bracero program back to mexico)

Interstate highway act - supported funds of 42000 miles of highway to be built

Kept some of the new deal programs (social security and unemployement insurance)

practiced Dynamic Conservitism - taking parts of liberal and conservative ideologies

Ike for civil rights

Appointed justice Earl Warren and William Brennen Jr (regretted both of those decisions because they supported civil rights)

Enforced the rulings of the court by sending the 101st airbone to escort the little rock nine

did not do much for civil rights just enforced the courts rullings

Supreme court, civil rights

Brown v. BOE desgregated public schools

Sweatt v. Painter desgregated professional schools

Rosa Parks, Clauddette Colvin

got arrested for not giving up their seats

kickstarted the montgomery bus boycott

MLK Jr.

Encouraged the idea of civil disobedience

started the montogermey bus boycott

created the SCLC (Southern Christian leaders committee) mobilized black churches for the movement

Civil Rights Commission (1957)

investigate right violations and protect those whose rights were denied

SNCC (student nonviolent coordinating committee)

made for the movemnt amongst college students

Space Race impacts on education

NDEA (national defense and education act) gave 887 million dollars for giving grants to schools and college students

created the sat to find smart people to help with the space program.

America heavily increased the emphasis put on stem

John Foster Dules

sec of state

believed containment inadaquate

anounced the doctrine of massive retalitation (1.12.1955)

said that the U.S should retaliate heavliy based on attacks threaten the nation (use nukes to defend the country)

Jonas Salks

made polio vaccine (helped many kids across the country)

Orval Fobus

Arkansas gov.

tried to prevent black students from attending little rock highschool

Space Race

USSR sent out their very first satelight SPUTNIK

4 months after U.S sent out their firt setelight EXPLORER

States

Alaska and Hawaii joined the nation

Unions

the AF of L joined the CIO to strengthen labor unions