Quest for Consensus, Chapter 25

Politics of Consensus Eisenhower Takes Command –Ike was a war hero and well-known –Republicans also ensured their majority in Congress –Re-elected in 1956 Dynamic Conservatism –Eisenhower’s “middle path” –Federal Highway Act –National Defense Education Act

The Problem with McCarthy –Many Republicans hoped he would quietly disappear –Senate eventually investigated him Politics of Consensus

Eisenhower and World Affairs The New Look –Brinkmanship –Economic and political pressures –Central Intelligence Agency The Third World –By 1960, 37 new nations in Africa, Asia, and Middle East –CIA

Turmoil in the Middle East –Arab nationalism –Egypt and Iran –Eisenhower Doctrine A Protective Neighbor –Guatemala –Cuba Eisenhower and World Affairs

The New Look in Asia –Geneva Agreement The Soviets in Cold War Politics –Soviet takeover of Hungary (1956) –U-2 spy plane Five Power Summit –Democrats accused their opponents of being too soft on communism Eisenhower and World Affairs

The Best of Times The Web of Prosperity –Technological advances –Growth of service sector

Culture and Consumerism –People wanted to live in suburbs –Nuclear family Images of the family –Religious leaders The Best of Times

Culture and Consumerism (cont’d) –Automobile industry –Suburban Market Diner’s Club credit card made its debut Credit purchases The Best of Times

Working Women and Rocking Kids –Not all homemakers happy –Juvenile delinquency –Rock ‘n’ roll music The Best of Times

Rejecting Consensus –The Lonely Crowd –Organization Man –The Beats Outside Suburbia –Poverty –Cities

The Civil Rights Movement Integrating Schools –1954 Brown v. Board of Education –Central High School (Little Rock) –Meaningful integration still years away

The Montgomery Bus Boycott –Rosa Parks –SCLC Ike and Civil Rights –Believed government had little role in integration –Civil Rights Act of 1957 –Voting Rights Act of 1960 The Civil Rights Movement