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The American Pageant: Chapter 37

The Eisenhower Era. The American Pageant: Chapter 37. Election of 1952. Lack of support for Truman; Dems nominated Stevenson Republicans: Eisenhower/Nixon (anti-communist) “Checkers Speech” Emotional television speech Campaign funding. Election of 1952. End of Korean War.

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The American Pageant: Chapter 37

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  1. The Eisenhower Era The American Pageant: Chapter 37

  2. Election of 1952 • Lack of support for Truman; Dems nominated Stevenson • Republicans: Eisenhower/Nixon (anti-communist) • “Checkers Speech” • Emotional television speech • Campaign funding

  3. Election of 1952

  4. End of Korean War • Ike threatened to use nuclear weapons on North Korea • July 1952 – armistice signed ending the war • Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel

  5. Joseph McCarthy • Anti Communist rhetoric • Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations • Had largest affect on free speech • Widely supported • Accused Sec. of State Acheson of employing 205 Communists • Proved to be false • Attacked U.S. army • Condemned by Senate for “conduct unbecoming a member”

  6. Joseph McCarthy

  7. Jim Crow Laws • In place from 1876-1965 • Schools, public places and transportation • “Separate but Equal”

  8. An American Dilemma (1944) • Gunnar Myrdal • “All men are created equal…”

  9. Separate and Unequal • Sweatt vs. Painter 1950 • Ruled that separate back schools • Rosa Parks • December 1955 • Montgomery, AL • Refused to give up seat • Yearlong boycott of buses

  10. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas (1954) • Segregation in public schools was unequal and unconstitutional • Reversed Plessy V. Ferguson • “Declaration of Constitutional Principles” • Southern resistance to ruling

  11. Little Rock September 1957 • Gov. Faubus (AK) mobilized National Guard to prevent Little Rock 9 from entering Central High School • Eisenhower responded by sending troops to walk students in.

  12. Eisenhower’s Policies • Balance the budget • 1959 – largest peacetime deficit • Guard America from socialism • Wanted to end reservation system and assimilate Native Americans • Support Interstate Highway act of 1956

  13. Operation “Wetback” • Ended bracero program • Deported over 1 million Mexican Americans

  14. Foreign Policy • Strategic Air Command (SAC) • Creation of superbombers • Geneva summit conference 1955 • Peace talks rejected by Nikita Khrushchev

  15. Lead up to Vietnam • Move to throw French out of Vietnam • Ho Chi Minh, leader of Vietnam, becoming Communistic • May 1954: French garrison trapped in Dienbienphu • Fell to the nationalists

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