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Eisenhower- famous WW2 general
decided to join the republican party after the war
all but guaranteed him the 1952 election
Richard Nixon was his VP
diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and had a minor stroke while president
elections
52 and 56 both against Stevenson
Stevenson won the "Solid South"
Eisenhower won most states and the elections
pledged to end the Korean War
Eisenhower Doctrine-any country could request military supplies to help fight off communists
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
made the 13th amendment obsolete
sort of started civil rights
Arkansas Governor used state militia to stop blacks from entering the white high school
US military forced the schools to be desegregated
ended the Korean War
tried to mend friendship with USSR, but that didn't work
created the interstate highway system
CIA helped political assassinations of pro-communist leaders
NASA created
deported a lot of illegal immigrants
strongly believed in a balanced budget
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