1. The American Pageant: Chapter 38
The Eisenhower Era
The American Pageant: Chapter 38

2. Election of 1952 Lack of support for Truman; Dems nominated Stevenson
Republicans: Eisenhower/Nixon (anti-communist)
“Checkers Speech”
Emotional television speech
Campaign funding

3. Election of 1952

4. End of Korean War Ike threatened to use nuclear weapons on North Korea
July 1952 – armistice signed ending the war
Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel

5. Joseph McCarthy Anti Communist rhetoric
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Had largest affect on free speech
Widely supported
Accused Sec. of State Acheson of employing 205 Communists
Proved to be false
Attacked U.S. army
Condemned by Senate for “conduct unbecoming a member”

6. Joseph McCarthy

8. Jim Crow Laws In place from 1876-1965
Schools, public places and transportation
“Separate but Equal”

9. An American Dilemma (1944)
Gunnar Myrdal
“All men are created equal…”

10. Separate and Unequal Rosa Parks Sweatt vs. Painter 1950 December 1955
Ruled that separate back schools
Rosa Parks
December 1955
Montgomery, AL
Refused to give up seat
Yearlong boycott of buses

12. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas (1954)
Segregation in public schools was unequal and unconstitutional
Reversed Plessy V. Ferguson
“Declaration of Constitutional Principles”
Southern resistance to ruling

13. Little Rock September 1957
Gov. Faubus (AK) mobilized National Guard to prevent Little Rock 9 from entering Central High School
Eisenhower responded by sending troops to walk students in.

16. Eisenhower’s Policies
Balance the budget
1959 – largest peacetime deficit
Guard America from socialism
Wanted to end reservation system and assimilate Native Americans
Support Interstate Highway act of 1956

17. Operation “Wetback” Ended bracero program
Deported over 1 million Mexican Americans

18. Foreign Policy Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Creation of superbombers
Geneva summit conference 1955
Peace talks rejected by Nikita Khrushchev

19. Lead up to Vietnam Move to throw French out of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh, leader of Vietnam, becoming Communistic
May 1954: French garrison trapped in Dienbienphu
Fell to the nationalists