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Eisenhower Takes Office 26.1 and 26.2 The Eisenhower Years 1953-1960 Eisenhower Takes Office 26.1 and 26.2

Election of 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) wins as first Republican Pres. Since Hoover. Hero of WWII, NATO commander… Cold-warrior Richard Nixon as VP

The Korean Settlement US & North Korea/China were deadlocked from 1951-53 July 1953: Armistice signed after Ike threatened China = Korea remained divided at 38°. Over 54,000 Americans died in Korea

Joe McCarthy’s Downfall 1953: He began attacking his own party & the army as communists After the televised Army-McCarthy hearings, the Senate had him censured = public condemnation

Blacklisting Continued Eisenhower fired 1,500 employees as “un-American” or “security-risks.” Included gays and drinkers Colleges & businesses did same Yates v. U.S (1957): Supreme Court upheld right to teach anything as long as it doesn’t advocate breaking the law.

Nov. 1952: U.S. tests Hydrogen Bomb Soviets test one in 1953 Arms Race Enters a New Age of Terror

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