The Eisenhower Years,

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CHAPTER 28

• The Eisenhower Years,
• 1953 - 1960

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Chapter Review

• Briefly explain President Eisenhowers approach
  to both domestic and foreign policy.
• Describe in general terms what brinksmanship
  meant, and explain how that concept shaped
  American foreign policy in the 1950s.
• Explain the broader implications of Brown v. the
  Board of Education of Topeka.
• Briefly describe the impact of television on
  American culture.
• Describe how the launching of the Soviet
  satellite Sputnik challenged Americas
  technological and military superiority.
• Describe the presidential campaign of 1960.

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Concepts

• Checkers speech, give me a week and Ill come
  up with something Ike
• The stupidest thing I ever did. . . Ike on
  Earl Warren
• Iran, Guatemala and CIA
• Elvis, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Ed Sullivan
• Sen. Joseph McCarthy
• Brown v. Board, Simple Justice, Thurgood
  Marshall,
• Montgomery Bus Boycott, MLK, Jr., Rosa Parks
• Beat Generation, Allen Ginsburg
• Open Skys, U-2
• Sputnik
• Little Rock, Arkansas
• Hidden-hand presidency

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I. A New Direction

• Dwight Eisenhowers New Republicanism leaves
  much of Democratic programs intact
• Ike ends Korean conflict with help of Secretary
  of State Dulles

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II. The Cold War at Home and Abroad

• Joseph McCarthy continues hunt for communists in
  America
• New Look changes American military and involves
  country in covert activities
• CIA goes undercover in various places
• Vietnam threatens to become major problem

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III. The Civil Rights Movement

• Supreme Court strikes down separate but equal
  with 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
  ruling
• Montgomery Bus Boycott introduces nation to
  Martin Luther King, Jr.

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IV. The Age of Television

• Golden age of television gives America Ed
  Sullivan, politicians, and situation comedies
• Quiz show scandals rock country and bring reforms
  to television industry

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V. Youth Culture

• Teenagers are defined by their music, especially
  rock n roll
• Elvis Presley mesmerizes youth and changes face
  of music
• Beat Generation charts different course, clearly
  showing their discontent

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VI. Crises and Celebration

• President Eisenhower suffers heart attack but
  recovers
• Polio is defeated with Salk vaccine
• Federal Highway Act establishes plans for
  interstate system
• Hungarian civil war and Suez crisis show
  usefulness of diplomacy

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National Highway System
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Chevrolet Ad
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Israel, the Middle East, and the Suez Crisis, 1956
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VII. A Second Term

• Little Rock school integration forces Eisenhower
  to deal with civil rights
• Soviets shock Americans with launch of Sputnik
• Summit meeting derailed by Soviets shooting down
  American spy plane
• Nixon runs for president in 1960, but Democrat
  John F. Kennedy wins close election

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Election of 1960
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