i like ike
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I Like Ike. -Korean War ends Truman’s popularity -1952 election won by Dwight Eisenhower Nixon is V.P. “Checkers Speech” -Middle or Straight Road policies Ike pursues policies between Laissez-faire and New Deal activism. Korean War. -Korean War had destroyed Truman’s popularity - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
I Like Ike
-Korean War ends Truman’s popularity
-1952 election won by Dwight Eisenhower
Nixon is V.P.“Checkers Speech”
-Middle or Straight Road policiesIke pursues policies between Laissez-faire and New Deal activism
Korean War
-Korean War had destroyed Truman’s popularity
-Eisenhower pledged an end to the war
-War ends in a cease fire at the original 38th parallel
Communist Fears-McCarthyismIke never directly challenged his claims
-Spy cases kept issue before the public
-development of a hydrogen bomb that is much more powerful
-scientists opposed the new weapon but it proceeded
-1952 1st H-bomb is tested-1953 USSR tests their own H-bomb
Brink of War
-John Foster Dulles was Sec. Of State
-containment of communism based on threat of war
-massive retaliation using nuclear weapons
-reduced size of regular forces and buildup of nuclear arsenal
-Began the arms race
-citizens build backyard bomb shelters and practice air raid drills-”Duck and Cover”
Brink of War
-John Foster Dulles was Sec. Of State
-containment of communism based on threat of war
-massive retaliation using nuclear weapons
-reduced size of regular forces and buildup of nuclear arsenal
-Began the arms race
-citizens build backyard bomb shelters and practice air raid drills-”Duck and Cover”
Brink of War
-John Foster Dulles was Sec. Of State
-containment of communism based on threat of war
-massive retaliation using nuclear weapons
-reduced size of regular forces and buildup of nuclear arsenal
-Began the arms race
-citizens build backyard bomb shelters and practice air raid drills-”Duck and Cover”
Brink of War
-John Foster Dulles was Sec. Of State
-containment of communism based on threat of war
-massive retaliation using nuclear weapons
-reduced size of regular forces and buildup of nuclear arsenal
-Began the arms race
-citizens build backyard bomb shelters and practice air raid drills-”Duck and Cover”
Cold War Spreads-newly developed CIA-covert actions in Iran and Guatemala
-1953, Joseph Stalin died and tensions seemed to relaxNikita Krushchev
-Soviet suppression of Hungarian Revolt, 1954
-Warsaw Pact formed in 1955
-Eisenhower Doctrine--stated again that the U.S. should try to defend any nation against communism
Space Race
-1957, USSR develops ICBM new threat of long range nuclear attack
-Oct. 1957, USSR launches Sputnikconfirms development of ICBMs
-great embarrassment to the U.S.creation of NASA to catch up
-U.S. launches satellite in early 1958
-Race to Space and the Moon had begun
Space Race
-1957, USSR develops ICBM new threat of long range nuclear attack
-Oct. 1957, USSR launches Sputnikconfirms development of ICBMs
-great embarrassment to the U.S.creation of NASA to catch up
-U.S. launches satellite in early 1958
-Race to Space and the Moon had begun
U-2
-U.S. intelligence begins spy missions over USSR
-U-2 Spy plane was supposedly undetectable
-Soviet Summit scheduled
-May, 1960Gary Francis Powers was shot down in his U-2 plane over Russia
-Cold War escalates
American Dream
-dream of a successful life
-growth of big business
conglomerates
franchising
-conformity
individuality disappears in corporate life
Consumerism
-buying of material goods
-new productspolyester, Teflon, electronics
-planned obsolescence
-credit cards
-advertising influence
Eisenhower Legacy
-Ended Korean War
-Red Scare Continues
-Space Program Begins
-Economic Boom of the 50’s
-Return to more Conservative government