1. Eisenhower in the White House
Section 1
Chapter 28
Part 1

2. Republican Revival Dissatisfaction with the Korean War
Democrats- Adlai E. Stevenson for president and John J. Sparkman for vice president
Republicans- Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president

3. The Campaign Dwight D. Eisenhower- Supreme commander of
the Allied Forces in
Europe during WWII
Promised to end the
Korean War
“Checkers” Speech

4. Landslide Republican Victory
November 1952-
Eisenhower won
the presidency in a
landslide victory.
Six million more
votes
Republicans won
control of Congress

5. Domestic Policy Moderate- Middle-of-the-road “Conservative when
it comes to money
and liberal when it
comes to human
beings.”

6. Domestic Policy Wanted to make the federal government
“smaller rather than
bigger.”
Limit government
spending
and encourage private
enterprise.
Surplus- Excess ($300
million)

7. The Nation Expands Federal Highway Act- funded the construction
of more than 40,000 miles
of highways that tied the
nation together

8. The Nation Expands
1959- Alaska and Hawaii entered the Union

9. Social Programs Extend Social Security Increase minimum wage
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW)
Oveta Culp Hobby- First secretary of the new department