1. THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY
EISENHOWER’S DOMESTIC POLICY

2. Presidential Election of 1952
Republican candidate:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
His running mate (VP)
Richard M. Nixon

3. Eisenhower’s Moderate Republicanism
Smaller federal government
Wanted to limit federal spending
What happened to the federal budget when he left office in 1961?

4. Eisenhower’s Moderate Republicanism
His greatest domestic program…
Federal Highway Act
What was the purpose?
Spur growth automobile and other industries
Also in the rise of suburbs

8. The Basic Welfare of Americans
While cutting down the government, Eisenhower also expanded welfare. This is what “Modern Republicanism” means.

11. THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY
THE RED SCARE

12. Senator Joseph McCarthy

17. The Rosenbergs
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of passing secret information about nuclear science to Soviet agents
Since they were both Communists and Jewish they faced a lot of discrimination and a jury found them guilty of the crime even though we had no evidence
They were sentenced to death

18. Rosenbergs continued
This is one of the most famous incidents during the Red Scare

29. “Duck and Cover”

31. THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY
EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR

32. The Soviets and Communism
Policy of Containment is abandoned; now it’s Massive Retaliation
The arms race
Mutually assured destruction lasts for the remainder of the Cold War

33. Space Exploration Soviets launch Sputnik
Total embarrassment for the U.S.; why?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Explorer was launched and the space race began (1958)

35. Eisenhower and the CIA Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Already was created in 1947, but Eisenhower used it differently
Made it more powerful in order to crush Communism around the world

36. New Soviet Leader Emerges
Nikita Khrushchev became dictator in 1953

37. Eisenhower’s Warning in his 1961 Farewell Address
Warned us of the growing influence of the military; the military budget had grown dramatically and military leaders had allied with business to seek bigger and more expensive weapons.
He feared that this alliance—a “military-industrial complex”—heated the arms race and could “endanger our liberties or democratic processes”.