What important events occurred during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower? Notes #57

Dwight D. Eisenhower was president from 1953 to 1961.

Under Eisenhower, the U.S. continued a foreign policy of containment, . . .

. . . used the domino theory to justify military involvement in Southeast Asia (to help nations in Southeast Asia resist communism), . . . 4

advisers sent to Lebanon (1958) . . . and used the Eisenhower Doctrine to help any nation in the Middle East resist communism. Over 14,000 U.S. military advisers sent to Lebanon (1958) 5

Under Eisenhower, the U. S. government focused on improving the U. S Under Eisenhower, the U.S. government focused on improving the U.S. educational system . . .

Sputnik 1 launch (October 4, 1957) . . . after the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union in 1957, which was the first satellite in space. Sputnik 1 launch (October 4, 1957) 7

During Eisenhower’s presidency, the U. S. population grew, the U. S During Eisenhower’s presidency, the U.S. population grew, the U.S. middle class expanded, and mass migrations to the suburbs of the U.S. occurred. Post-World War II baby boom

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

In the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that public schools were required to be desegregated. Linda Brown

Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision to desegregate public schools. Little Rock Nine