I Like Ike

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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”

5. 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”

6. 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”

7. 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”

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. American Dream -dream of a successful life -growth of big business conglomerates franchising -conformity individuality disappears in corporate life

13. Consumerism -buying of material goods -new products polyester, Teflon, electronics -planned obsolescence -credit cards -advertising influence

14. Eisenhower Legacy -Ended Korean War -Red Scare Continues -Space Program Begins -Economic Boom of the 50’s -Return to more Conservative government