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This overview of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency explores pivotal events including the end of the Korean War, which significantly impacted Harry Truman's popularity, and the political landscape of the early 1950s. It highlights the escalation of Cold War tensions, the arms race, and the Space Race sparked by the launch of Sputnik. It also discusses McCarthyism, the development of the hydrogen bomb, and the cultural shift towards consumerism and conformity. Eisenhower's policies and their legacies shaped the economic boom of the 1950s and laid the groundwork for modern America.
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I Like Ike -Korean War ends Truman’s popularity -1952 election won by Dwight Eisenhower Nixon is V.P. “Checkers Speech” -Middle or Straight Road policies Ike pursues policies between Laissez-faire and New Deal activism
Korean War -Korean War had destroyed Truman’s popularity -Eisenhower pledged an end to the war -War ends in a cease fire at the original 38th parallel
Communist Fears -McCarthyism Ike never directly challenged his claims -Spy cases kept issue before the public -development of a hydrogen bomb that is much more powerful -scientists opposed the new weapon but it proceeded -1952 1st H-bomb is tested -1953 USSR tests their own H-bomb
Brink of War -John Foster Dulles was Sec. Of State -containment of communism based on threat of war -massive retaliation using nuclear weapons -reduced size of regular forces and buildup of nuclear arsenal -Began the arms race -citizens build backyard bomb shelters and practice air raid drills -”Duck and Cover”
Brink of War -John Foster Dulles was Sec. Of State -containment of communism based on threat of war -massive retaliation using nuclear weapons -reduced size of regular forces and buildup of nuclear arsenal -Began the arms race -citizens build backyard bomb shelters and practice air raid drills -”Duck and Cover”
Brink of War -John Foster Dulles was Sec. Of State -containment of communism based on threat of war -massive retaliation using nuclear weapons -reduced size of regular forces and buildup of nuclear arsenal -Began the arms race -citizens build backyard bomb shelters and practice air raid drills -”Duck and Cover”
Brink of War -John Foster Dulles was Sec. Of State -containment of communism based on threat of war -massive retaliation using nuclear weapons -reduced size of regular forces and buildup of nuclear arsenal -Began the arms race -citizens build backyard bomb shelters and practice air raid drills -”Duck and Cover”
Cold War Spreads -newly developed CIA -covert actions in Iran and Guatemala -1953, Joseph Stalin died and tensions seemed to relax Nikita Krushchev -Soviet suppression of Hungarian Revolt, 1954 -Warsaw Pact formed in 1955 -Eisenhower Doctrine--stated again that the U.S. should try to defend any nation against communism
Space Race -1957, USSR develops ICBM new threat of long range nuclear attack -Oct. 1957, USSR launches Sputnik confirms development of ICBMs -great embarrassment to the U.S. creation of NASA to catch up -U.S. launches satellite in early 1958 -Race to Space and the Moon had begun
Space Race -1957, USSR develops ICBM new threat of long range nuclear attack -Oct. 1957, USSR launches Sputnik confirms development of ICBMs -great embarrassment to the U.S. creation of NASA to catch up -U.S. launches satellite in early 1958 -Race to Space and the Moon had begun
U-2 -U.S. intelligence begins spy missions over USSR -U-2 Spy plane was supposedly undetectable -Soviet Summit scheduled -May, 1960 Gary Francis Powers was shot down in his U-2 plane over Russia -Cold War escalates
American Dream -dream of a successful life -growth of big business conglomerates franchising -conformity individuality disappears in corporate life
Consumerism -buying of material goods -new products polyester, Teflon, electronics -planned obsolescence -credit cards -advertising influence
Eisenhower Legacy -Ended Korean War -Red Scare Continues -Space Program Begins -Economic Boom of the 50’s -Return to more Conservative government
