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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.”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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DwightEisenhower

Chapter 28 1952

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* 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)

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Federal Highway Act 40,000 miles of highway 1956

Eisenhower wanted to make the government “smaller rather than bigger.”

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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

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

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Arms Race???*missiles

*hydrogen bombsBoth nations built more weapons

People prepared by building air-raid shelters in basements & backyards…schools had air raid drills

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The Space RaceInternational Space Station

Sputnik – World’s first artificial satellite - 1957

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

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Cuba – Fidel Castro 1959

*seizes property

*close ties with Soviets

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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

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Stalin dies…In 1953

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Brief Thaw

Nikita Khrushhev

Summit:A meeting of heads of government..After the Geneva summit a policy of “peaceful coexistence” immerged.

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1. Both want ease of tensions2. Summit between heads of government

(1955)3. Disarmament discussed/German

unification4. Krushchev comes to U.S. (1959)5. Paris, 19606. Frances Powers/May 1960/brief thaw over

1960

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President Eisenhower gave his Farewell Address in 1961

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1950’s Prosperity

Section 2

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A growing economy….. 1945-1960 Why????

Korean War Technology Higher

Incomes

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The Baby Boom*Great Depression*War times

*Higher incomes gave it a boost

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Moving to the suburbs!!!

17,000 identical house built for mass production Levittown-Long Island

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T r a v e l

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

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An American Culture

*Billy Graham*Norman V. Peale*Fulton J. Sheen*Joshua Loth Liebman

“Bring the whole family to church”“A family that prays together stays together”

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Mickey Mouse Club

I Love Lucy

Leave it to Beaver

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ElvisKing of Rock & Roll

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Problems in a time of plenty

Section 3