Homework Read “Election of 1952” END of Chapter 26 (you can skip McCarthy we’ll come back to him) Compare President Eisenhower’s foreign policy to Truman’s. Similarities? Differences? What is “Modern Republicanism”? How is it different from the “Old Republicanism”? Who is John Foster Dulles? How important is he to Eisenhower’s Administration? What is the Military-Industrial Complex? Still around today? Add to the timeline Cold War Events under Eisenhower.
The Fair Deal
Pop Quiz (5 minutes) 1.) What nation’s future did the Stalin say was “not only a question of honor for Russia, but one of life and death”? 2.) Why was George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” significant? 3.) What 3 things did the NSA 1947 do? 4.) Why was NATO formed? 5.) What famous US General led the UN Coalition in Korea?
Truman Foreign Policy Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan (ERA) NSA 1947, NSC & CIA NATO Berlin Airlift Aid to Chinese Nationalist Party (who lost) Korean War (1st 2 years) NSC-68 Hydrogen Bomb
Truman Domestic Policy Success? Failure?
Executive Order 9981
1.) “Do Nothing 80th Congress” 2.) Whistle-Stop Campaigning How did he win? 1.) “Do Nothing 80th Congress” 2.) Whistle-Stop Campaigning Dixiecrats
Was Truman “soft on communism”?
Eisenhower Foreign Policy Success? Failure?
Eisenhower Domestic Policy Success? Failure?