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Title: The Eisenhower Years


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The Crucial Decade Part II
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The Eisenhower Years
Eisenhower the Man of the Hour
  • 1953-1961
  • Republican
  • Foreign Policy
  • Domestic Policy

I Like Ike
3
Foreign Policy
  • Sec of State John Foster Dulles
  • The New Look
  • More Bang for a Buck
  • Roll Back
  • Massive Retaliation
  • Pactomania
  • Covert Action (CIA)
  • Foreign Aid
  • Brinkmanship

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Dont be afraid, I can always pull you back
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The New Look in Practice
  • What?
  • Who?
  • Why?
  • How?
  • Where?

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The New Look inthe Middle East
  • Israel/Palestine
  • Iran
  • Egypt/Suez Crisis
  • Eisenhower Doctrine
  • Lebanon

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The New Look in Asia
  • Indochina
  • China
  • Mao vs. Jiang
  • Quemoy and Matsu
  • Formosa Crisis
  • Formosa Resolution

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The New Look in Europe
  • France
  • West Germany
  • East Germany
  • Poland
  • Hungary

9
The Americas
  • OAS
  • Nixons Visit
  • Guatemala
  • Cuba

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The Arms Race
  • From Stalin to Khrushchev
  • 1955 - Geneva Summit
  • 1957 - Sputnik
  • MAD
  • Nixons Trip to Moscow
  • Khrushchevs Trip to U.S.
  • 1960 - U-2 Incident

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  • Sputnik
  • 1957
  • Impact?

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First Dog in Space
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Domestic Policy
  • Modern Republicanism
  • Dynamic Conservatism
  • Undoing Progressivism
  • Continued Progressivism
  • The Economy

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Causes of Economic Growth
  • Govt Spending
  • Tax Cuts
  • American Productivity
  • Labor/Mgt. Peace
  • Automation

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Eniac
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The Original McDonalds
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Social Change
  • Demographic Changes
  • Conformity
  • Homogenization
  • Stirrings of Protest
  • Women
  • African-Americans
  • Youth
  • Beatniks

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Suburbia, USA
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Father Knows Best
I Love Lucy
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That's the 50s... Stay Tuned for the 1960s
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Review Quiz
Study for the Test
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