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
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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

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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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