1. Eisenhower Takes Office 26.1 and 26.2
The Eisenhower Years
Eisenhower Takes Office
26.1 and 26.2

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

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

7. 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

8. 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.

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