The Eisenhower Era Outline
Affluence and Its Anxieties
Economic Boom-
Aerospace Industry-
White collar workers outnumber blue
40 million new jobs created between 1950-70
Launched the modern women’s movement-
Consumer Culture in the Fifties
Franchise-
Fast Food Restaurants-
Consumerism-
New Products appeared-
Planned Obsolescence-
Credit-
Advertising-
More Americans hit the road-
Rock N’ Roll-
The Advent of Eisenhower
Election of 1952
Republicans:
Democrats:
Who Wins?
The Rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy
Anticommunist-
Senator-
Feb 1950-
Accused Secretary of State
Later said
Couldn’t
McCarthyism-
Eisenhower-
Attacked U.S. Army-
Senate condemned him-
Desegregating American Society
Jim Crow Laws-
Rosa Parks-
A-
B-
C-
Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka- 1954
Public schools
Ruled against
Seeds of the Civil Rights Revolution
Declaration of Constitutional Principles- 1956
September 1957-
Orval Faubus-
Used National Guard to prevent
Eisenhower sent troops
1957- Civil Rights Act-
Martin Luther King, Jr-
New Movement Launched-
A- Sit In’s
B- February 1, 1960
1-
2-
3-
Eisenhower Republicanism
Balance federal budget
Operation Wetback
Federal Highway Act of 1956
a-
b-
c-
d-
e-
The Vietnam Nightmare
Vietnam-
A-
B-
C-
D-
Battle of Dien Vien Phu-
17th Parallel-
Ho Chi Minh-
Ngo Dinh Diem-
Vietnam wide election-
Cold War Crises in Europe and the Middle East
Warsaw Pact-
Iran-
A- Help from
B- Oil-
C-CIA-
Suez Crisis-
A-
B-
C-
D-
Eisenhower Doctrine-
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries-
Round Two for Ike
Election of 1956- Republicans
Democrats-
Eisenhower-
A-
B-
C-
D-
Sputnik-
Rocket Fever-
1958-
The Continuing Cold War
Khrushchev-
A-
B-
C-
Paris Summit Conference- May 1960
A-
B-
C-
D-
Cuba’s Castroism Spells Communism
Fidel Castro-
US Cuts off heavy imports of Cuban sugar
Anti-Castro Cubans head for the U.S.
A-
B-
Embargo-1961
Kennedy Challenges Nixon for the Presidency
1960-
A-Economy
B-American Military falling
C-Alignment of Cuba
D-American’s questioning whether the U.S.
Election of 1960
Democrats:
Republicans:
Television:
Civil Rights
Atlanta, Georgia- Martin Luther King Jr.
A-
B-
C-
Kennedy phoned
Robert Kennedy persuaded the judge to release
African American community now backed