The Eisenhower Era Outline

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