Today at the begining of class was a work day while people finished up taking tests.
Then we talked about our presidential blogs again.
Dwight Eisenhower
Famous WWII general
Decided to join the Republican party after WWII
This all but guaranteed him a win in the 1953 election
34th president
defeated Stevenson
Richard Nixon was his vice president
was the first president to lead all 50 states
first president to be on colored TV
served two terms
dealt a lot with the cold war
kept american peace
didnt go to nuclear war which a lot of people thought was going to happen
people thought he would end the cold war but he didn't
won easily in the election
while he was fighting in WWII he was accused of having an affair (wasnt president at that time)
defeated stevenson again in the next election
diagnosed with Crohn's disease and had a minor stroke while president
democrats tried to win him over but in the end didn't
Eisenhower was from Kansas
Accomplishments
ended the Korean War
created NASA- space program
dominated by the cold war- containment policy
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