Topic: Evaluating 1950s America Do Now: “1950s America was a time of conformity and domestic tranquility. The ideal of a small suburban family with a swimming pool and all the other luxuries made America the most stable nation in the world. Even in the political sphere, there was a sense of unity”. Defend or Refute This Statement

The Eisenhower Presidency 1952 Election Dwight Eisenhower and Nixon (VP) Vs. Adlai Stevenson (D) “I like Ike” “Checkers Speech” “Dynamic Conservatism” Political Moderation Cut some New Deal programs Interstate Highway System Social Security expansion

Ike’s Foreign Policy Settling the Korea War (1953) 38th Parallel “New Look” Foreign Policy John Foster Dulles – Policy of Boldness SAC and bombers MAD and NUT 1950s Thaw Sputnik I (1957) U2 Spy plane incident (1960) Eisenhower Doctrine Aid to Middle East CIA and Iran

1950s Social Concerns McCarthyism Conformity vs. “Rebellion” Where did he come from? The Hollywood Ten 1954 Military hearings Conformity vs. “Rebellion” Fears of Nuclear War, “Reds” Power of television Elvis Presley & Playboy The Beats Arthur Miller, Gore Vidal Salinger Betty Friedan

Origins of the Civil Rights Movement 1950s African Americans An American Dilemma 1955: Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks Martin Luther King and SCLC (1957) Brown v. Board of Ed (1957) Justice Earl Warren Desegregation / Integration “All deliberate speed” Little Rock Arkansas (1957) Could Eisenhower have done more?

Conclusion Review your response to the Do Now… what would you add to your original answer? Take away from it?