DwightEisenhower
Chapter 28 1952
* 30 yrs. In military
* Bonus Army
* led American, British & Canadian troops in Africa
•D-Day Invasion in France
(Truman doesn’t run for another term)
Federal Highway Act 40,000 miles of highway 1956
Eisenhower wanted to make the government “smaller rather than bigger.”
When President Eisenhower left office (1961) the federal budget had a surplus of excess of $300 million dollars….Today we are in debt 14 trillion dollars
Hawaii (Aug) and Alaska(Jan.)became a state in 1959.
Arms Race???*missiles
*hydrogen bombsBoth nations built more weapons
People prepared by building air-raid shelters in basements & backyards…schools had air raid drills
The Space RaceInternational Space Station
Sputnik – World’s first artificial satellite - 1957
Vanguard 1 –Belonged to the U.S. and exploded a few feet off the launch pad
NASA: National Aeronautics & Space Administration….
Successfully launched Explorer…1958
Project Mercury was the 1st US program to put an astronaut in space
Apollo 11 landed the first man on the moon…1969
Cuba – Fidel Castro 1959
*seizes property
*close ties with Soviets
Domino Theory“You have a row of dominoes set up. You knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.” Eisenhower
Stalin dies…In 1953
Brief Thaw
Nikita Khrushhev
Summit:A meeting of heads of government..After the Geneva summit a policy of “peaceful coexistence” immerged.
1. Both want ease of tensions2. Summit between heads of government
(1955)3. Disarmament discussed/German
unification4. Krushchev comes to U.S. (1959)5. Paris, 19606. Frances Powers/May 1960/brief thaw over
1960
President Eisenhower gave his Farewell Address in 1961
1950’s Prosperity
Section 2
A growing economy….. 1945-1960 Why????
Korean War Technology Higher
Incomes
The Baby Boom*Great Depression*War times
*Higher incomes gave it a boost
Moving to the suburbs!!!
17,000 identical house built for mass production Levittown-Long Island
T r a v e l
Home Inventions*dishwashers*washing machines*televisions*stereos*synthetic clothing
An American Culture
*Billy Graham*Norman V. Peale*Fulton J. Sheen*Joshua Loth Liebman
“Bring the whole family to church”“A family that prays together stays together”
Mickey Mouse Club
I Love Lucy
Leave it to Beaver
ElvisKing of Rock & Roll
Problems in a time of plenty
Section 3