1. The Politics of Liberalism Eisenhower JFK- Myth and Reality The Liberal Consensus The Russians and Sputnik The Space Race The U-2 Incident America tries to “catch up”

2. Dwight David Eisenhower

3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy

4. The Liberal Consensus

5. Belief that American society had conquered poverty and other social problems in US

6. The Liberal Consensus Belief that American society had conquered poverty and other social problems in US The Cold War had made US the world’s policeman

7. The Liberal Consensus Belief that American society had conquered poverty and other social problems in US The Cold War had made US the world’s policeman Belief in New Deal Social Welfare Programs

8. Sputnik

9. American Reaction to Sputnik

10. US hurried into Space Race

11. American Reaction to Sputnik US hurried into Space Race Educational Reform emerges

12. American Reaction to Sputnik US hurried into Space Race Educational Reform emerges Obsessive Concern over national security (the missile gap)

13. American Reaction to Sputnik US hurried into Space Race Educational Reform emerges Obsessive Concern over national security (the missile gap) NASA is formed (1959)