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Lesson #32: The Eisenhower Administration 1952-59

Objective:
1. Bringing America back to the “good old days”
a. The Republicans take back the WhiteHouse-Senate-House!!!

2. Economic Growth
a. Consumerism-TV
b. Conformity
c. Anti Communism
d. Military Spending-NASA

3. Foreign Policy-Contain Communism of course


a. More bang for your buck
b. CIA-Covert Operations
i. Guatemala, Iran, Suez Canal
c. MAD-Mutually Assured Destruction>>John Foster Dulles

4. Civil Rights
a. Brown v Board of Education
i. Central HS, Little Rock Ark
ii. MLK Marches

The Century: America's Time - 1953-1960: Happy Daze

Final moments of the


Korean War

Economic Boom

Consumerism Housing TV,

Pop Trends Rock n Roll

Equality/Civil Rights >

Racial, gender, age

Impact of Cars

The nuclear Age

U2 Spy plane 1960

Eisenhower’s Farewell
Lesson #32: The Eisenhower Administration 1952-59
Objective:
1. Bringing America back to the “good old days”
a. The Republicans take back the WhiteHouse-Senate-House!!!

2. Economic Growth
a. Consumerism-TV
b. Conformity
c. Anti Communism
d. Military Spending-NASA

3. Foreign Policy-Contain Communism of course


a. More bang for your buck
b. CIA-Covert Operations
i. Guatemala, Iran, Suez Canal
c. MAD-Mutually Assured Destruction>>John Foster Dulles

4. Civil Rights
a. Brown v Board of Education
i. Central HS, Little Rock Ark
ii. MLK Marches

The Century: America's Time - 1953-1960: Happy Daze

Final moments of the


Korean War

Economic Boom

Consumerism Housing TV,

Pop Trends Rock n Roll

Equality/Civil Rights >

Racial, gender, age

U2 Spy Plane Incident


Speech

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