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Dwight Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower. Chapter 28. 1952. * 30 yrs. In military * Bonus Army * led American, British & Canadian troops in Africa D-Day Invasion in France (Truman doesn’t run for another term). Eisenhower wanted to make the government “smaller rather than bigger.”.

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Dwight Eisenhower

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  1. Dwight Eisenhower Chapter 28 1952

  2. * 30 yrs. In military • * Bonus Army • * led American, British & • Canadian troops in Africa • D-Day Invasion in France • (Truman doesn’t run for another term)

  3. Eisenhower wanted to make the government “smaller rather than bigger.” Federal Highway Act 40,000 miles of highway 1956

  4. When President Eisenhower left office (1961) the federal budget had a surplus of excess of $300 million dollars…. Today we are in debt 14 trillion dollars

  5. Hawaii (Aug) and Alaska(Jan.)became a state in 1959.

  6. Arms Race??? People prepared by building air-raid shelters in basements & backyards…schools had air raid drills *missiles *hydrogen bombs Both nations built more weapons

  7. The Space Race International Space Station Sputnik – World’s first artificial satellite - 1957

  8. Vanguard 1 – Belonged to the U.S. and exploded a few feet off the launch pad

  9. NASA: National Aeronautics & Space Administration…. Successfully launched Explorer…1958 Project Mercury was the 1st US program to put an astronaut in space

  10. Apollo 11 landed the first man on the moon… 1969

  11. Cuba – Fidel Castro 1959 *seizes property *close ties with Soviets

  12. Domino Theory “You have a row of dominoes set up. You knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.” Eisenhower

  13. Stalin dies… In 1953

  14. Brief Thaw Summit: A meeting of heads of government.. After the Geneva summit a policy of “peaceful coexistence” immerged. Nikita Khrushhev

  15. Both want ease of tensions Summit between heads of government (1955) Disarmament discussed/German unification Krushchev comes to U.S. (1959) Paris, 1960 Frances Powers/May 1960/brief thaw over 1960

  16. President Eisenhower gave his Farewell Address in 1961

  17. 1950’s Prosperity Section 2

  18. A growing economy….. 1945-1960 Why???? Korean War Technology Higher Incomes

  19. The Baby Boom *Great Depression *War times *Higher incomes gave it a boost

  20. Moving to the suburbs!!! 17,000 identical house built for mass production Levittown-Long Island

  21. T r a v e l

  22. Home Inventions *dishwashers *washing machines *televisions *stereos *synthetic clothing

  23. An American Culture *Billy Graham *Norman V. Peale *Fulton J. Sheen *Joshua LothLiebman “Bring the whole family to church” “A family that prays together stays together”

  24. Mickey Mouse Club I Love Lucy Leave it to Beaver

  25. Elvis King of Rock & Roll

  26. Problems in a time of plenty Section 3

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