eisenhower presidentaial accomplishments
dominatatied by the cold war comtainment policy
also used the cia to do covert ops to distupt communist goverments abroad iran/guatamala
opend relations with spain
ended the korean war
degensive allliances were signed to south korea and taiwan
seoto was formed south east asia treaty orginazation
incresased involment in southeast ausa wietnam us advisor sen t
developed idea that nuclear weopns would be denfensive weopns deterrence
created nasa due to soviet sputinik launch
us spy plane u-2 was shot down over ussr
allowed mccarthy to d his thing but pribatley did not aprove
eisenhower doctrine
believed in laissez faire
belived in a balanced budget
deported around 1 million illegal immigrants
sent federal troops to little rock arkansas to help in the sesegregation of all public schools 1954 brown case
helepd pass the federal aid highway act of
john f kennedy
served in WWII was a us representiative and senator from massachusetts before becoming president
married jacqueline lee bouveir
youngest preidnet elected and second youngest presiednt
assassinatred in 1963 in dallas texas by lee harvey oswald encoruaged getting the first man on the moon
tried to help proverty
gettting ppl equal rights
he went to school to become a doctor
1960 election ran against vice president richard nixon
first president on televised debates tool place many say this helped jfk win the election
ask not what your country cand do for you ask what you can do for your country
cold war issues dominated kennedys
berlin was wa built
bay of pigs invasion 1961
cuban missile crisis
allianced fot progress with latin america
kennedy increased the numberr of helicopters mililtary adicsors and undeclared us special foreces in the vietnam
the cia helped the new ba'ath party government overhtrouw communists in iraq this new party systematicaly murdered large numbers of iragqs educated elite killings in wich saddam hussein himself is said to have participated
nucelar test ban treaty signed in 1963
the new frontier promised federal fundin for
1 educationm
2 medical care for the edlerly
3 economic aid to riral regions
4 government intervention to half of ressision
5 end racial discrimination
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