Dwight Eisenhower Conor Watton Brandon Mc Caffery Presidency
Dwight Eisenhower Conor Watton Brandon Mc. Caffery
Presidency (1953 -1961) • Seen as a “modern Republican” • Pursued civil rights • Neutralization of Cold War tensions • Maintained balanced budget in ‘ 56 and ‘ 57
Success • Continued most of the New Deal and Fair Deal plans • Sent troops to into Little Rock, Arkansas to ensure desegregation of schools • Negotiated an armed peace along the Korean border • Negotiated with Russia to neutralize Austria • Saw the launch of Explorer I
Management • • • Adamant pursuit of international peace talks Balanced budget Developed Interstate Highway System Initiated space race with Russia “Atoms for Peace” project which loaned American uranium “have not” countries
Accomplishments • • • Korean ceasefire Neutralization of Austria Explorer I Balanced Budget Implemented Interstate Highway Discredited former Senator Joseph Mc. Carthy
Failures • Didn’t fully enforce Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board ruling • Never brought Cold War to complete resolution
Events • • • Josef Stalin’s death Race for the Hydrogen Bomb Korean War Space Race Mc. Carthy’s Communists scare Geneva Accords; United States did not sign Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Hungarian Revolution Alaska becomes 49 th state; Hawaii becomes 50 th Fidel Castro becomes Dictator of Cuba
Legacy • Successful as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II • President of Columbia University • Supreme Commander of NATO • Key player during Cold War • Very popular during his terms
Presidential Timeline History: Eisenhower Timeline
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