1. Eisenhower: Dynamic Conservatism

2. 1952: What was going on?

3. Eisenhower’s Response
Dynamic Conservatism:
Economic Practices
Cut Federal taxes- why?
Cut funding for public housing and school construction – why?
Eliminated the Reconstruction Finance Corporation – why?
Eisenhower’s Response

4. Eisenhower’s Response:
Cut Federal Taxes
Stimulate the economy, increase spending
Cut funding for housing and schools
Balance the budget
Eliminated the RFC
Decrease the role of the government
Eisenhower’s Response:

5. Historical Tax Rates:

6. Historical Budget Deficit and Surplus

7. In what ways would Eisenhower’s economic plans help solve the problems American’s were facing?

8. Eisenhower’s Response
Dynamic Conservatism:
Social Policies
Did not eliminate Social Security
Expanded to cover 10 million more people
Did not eliminate labor laws
Raised minimum wage from $.75 to $1 an hour
Did not cut farm programs
Aided farmers through Social Security
Eisenhower’s Response

9. In what ways would Eisenhower’s social plans help solve the problems American’s were facing?

10. Eisenhower: Small Government
Smaller Government
Government should be small, but invest in large projects
Federal Highway Act of 1956
More than 40,000 miles of highway were built
Increased number of suburbs
Lowered business for public transportation companies
Built highways through urban neighborhoods (primarily took homes from Latinos and African Americans)
Eisenhower: Small Government

11. Why would Eisenhower invest in the highway system?

12. How did Eisenhower’s plans affect the size of the government?

13. How did Eisenhower’s plans impact the American people?