Chapter 37: The Eisenhower Era, (Pages ) E. Leave it to Beaver television program what it demonstrates about 1950s life

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1 Chapter 37: The Eisenhower Era, (Pages ) I. Affluence and Its Anxieties A. Home buying Name Per. Date Row B. Scientific and technological advances C. Developments in the aerospace industry D. How the work force was changing E. Leave it to Beaver television program what it demonstrates about 1950s life F. Pink collar jobs G. Importance of Betty Friedan II. Consumer Culture in the Fifties A. Easy credit B. Fast foods C. New forms of entertainment D. Advent of television

2 E. Influence of technology on religion 2 F. Changes in sports franchises G. Importance of rock and roll H. New standards of sensuous sexuality I. Criticism of new mass consumer culture III. The Advent of Eisenhower: The Election of 1952 A. Democratic candidate: Adlai Stevenson (4 reasons why Democrats would have problems in election) B. Republican candidate: Dwight D. Eisenhower 1. Why Richard Nixon was chosen as his running mate 2. Reasons for Eisenhower s popularity 3. How Nixon attacked the Democrats 4. Accusations made against Nixon and how he saved himself with Checkers Speech

3 5. Examples that show importance of television in this election 3 6. What Eisenhower promised at the last minute that won him more votes 7. How did the Korean War end? Results? C. Eisenhower s presidential assets and style what his critics say about this IV. The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy A. Senator Joe McCarthy accusations he made in the early 1950s B. Initial reaction of the public/mccarthy s impact on those that he targeted C. Eisenhower s feelings toward McCarthy vs. Eisenhower s actions (What damage might have been prevented?) D. McCarthy s attack on personnel in the U.S. Army 1. Use of television 2. How McCarthy behaved in front of the cameras

4 4 3. Result/impact of the televised hearings V. Desegregating the South A. Jim Crow Laws in the South explain B. Importance of Emmett Till C. Importance of Jackie Robinson D. Importance of NAACP E. Importance of Thurgood Marshall and Sweatt v. Painter F. Rosa Parks -- what she did and the impact it had G. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. -- his personal background, his philosophy H. The Great African-American Migration (pages ) 1. Demographic shift of African-Americans during the postwar period

5 5 2. Executive Order 8802 importance 3. How the movement north is connected to the beginnings of the civil rights movement VI. Seeds of the Civil Rights Revolution A. Civil rights actions taken by Truman especially in military arena why the military finally accepted his ideas B. The three branches of government and their stand on civil rights during Eisenhower s administration: executive, legislative, judicial C. Importance of Chief Justice Earl Warren 1. Why Warren shocked Eisenhower 2. What Warren s critics said/how his supporters defended his actions 3. Importance of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896

6 5. How the Deep South reacted to the Brown v Board of Education decision: actions they took 6 D. Crisis at Little Rock, Arkansas 1. Eisenhower s personal and official attitudes toward integration and civil rights 2. Actions of Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas 3. Eisenhower s response E. Congress s Civil Rights Act provisions F. Importance of SCLC (founded in 1957) -- method employed G. Greensboro, North Carolina (1960) and the Woolworth lunch counter -- impact of actions H. Importance of SNCC VII. Eisenhower Republicanism at Home A. Eisenhower s policy of dynamic conservatism -- what he meant

7 B. Examples of Eisenhower s conservative money policies 7 C. Examples of Eisenhower s opposition to socialism D. Operation Wetback -- what it did and why it was instituted E. Eisenhower s Indian policy -- and the degree to which Indians complied F. What components of the New Deal he left intact and why G. Interstate Highway Act of 1956: what it did and impact on cities, particular industries, environment, energy dependence H. Eisenhower s impact on economy: good or bad? (examples) VIII. A New Look in Foreign Policy A. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles -- policy toward nations threatened by communists B. Policy toward military spending

8 C. How would they cut military spending but step up military intervention in the world? 8 D. Why the U.S. didn t help the Hungarians fighting against the Soviets IX. The Vietnam Nightmare A. Ho Chi Minh -- who he was and what he wanted B. U.S. role in the French war in Indochina C. Importance of the battle at Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam D. Geneva Conference: agreement made/a promise broken and why E. Eisenhower and South Vietnam (under Diem) -- bargain made X. Cold War Crises in Europe and the Middle East A. Purpose of Warsaw Pact B. Some examples of how Cold War seemed to be winding down a bit C. Result of Hungarian revolution/u.s. policy

9 D. American intervention in Iran in what U.S. did in Iran, why, and long-term negative impact 9 E. Crisis in the Suez -- President Nasser of Egypt 1) Why the U.S. withdrew offer for financial help to build dam along Nile 2) How Nasser responded and why this had a great impact on Western Europe 3) What Britain and France did, without America s prior knowledge 4) Why the British and French were forced to back down 5) Role of U.N. in the Suez crisis 6) Why the Middle East was becoming so important to the U.S. F. The Eisenhower Doctrine G. OPEC: What this was and impact on U.S. XI. Round Two for Ike: Election of 1956 A. Major reason why Eisenhower won over Adlai Stevenson (as in the prior election)

10 10 B. Results of elections in Congress C. Major criticism of Eisenhower during his second term D. Importance of Jimmy Hoffa E. Landrum-Griffin Act -- what it said, impact F. Importance of Russians Sputnik -- Why it scared the U.S. G. U.S. actions in response to Sputnik: 3 examples H. Effect of Sputnik on U.S. education (include NDEA) XII. The Continuing Cold War A. Problems in Lebanon and how the U.S. responded B. The agreement at Camp David that relieved the world C. U-2 Incident -- what happened and its impact on the Paris summit conference (See cartoon on p. 901)

11 11 XIII. Cuba s Castroism Spells Communism A. Policy of Batista in Cuba -- why U.S. supported him B. Cuban Revolution under Fidel Castro Castro s policy toward U.S. 2. U.S. retaliatory action 3. Migration of Cubans to U.S. C. Soviet role in Castro s Cuba XIV. Kennedy Challenges Nixon for the Presidency: Election of 1960 A. Qualifications of Nixon: experience, role as vice-president B. Kennedy s assets as a candidate/how his running mate would draw votes/name of his program C. Issue of religion in this campaign -- different views D. Role of television in this election E. What major groups supported Kennedy

12 XV. An Old General Fades Away A. Eisenhower s handling of Congress 12 B. American economy under Eisenhower C. Stand on civil rights -- pros and cons D. Stand on military issues E. Read box on page What does Eisenhower warn against? XVI. The Life of the Mind in Postwar America A. Importance of Hemingway and Steinbeck B. Change from literature which realistically portrayed war to novels which used fantasy in writing about war: examples C. Novels which addressed the new mobility and wealth of America: some examples D. Importance of Tennessee Williams and what his plays reflected about modern life

13 13 E. Importance of Arthur Miller s works F. Importance of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and James Baldwin G. Southern writers H. Jewish writers