The Decades Project- Extra Credit.
Civil Rights project- define them briefly in a blog
Eisenhower
Accomplishments
dominted by the cold war containment policy
also used CIA to do covert-ops to disrupt communist governments abroad (Iran/Guatamala)
Opened relations with Spain
Ended the Korean Conflict as promised in his 1952 election campaign
defensive alliances were signed with South Korea and Taiwan
SEATO was formed- south east asian treaty organization
increased US involvement in Southeast Asia (Vietnam)- US advisors sent
developed idea that nuclear weapons would be defensive weapons (deterrence)
NASA created due to Soviet Sputnik launch
US spy plane (U-2) was shot down over USSR
allowed McCarthy to do his thing but privately did not approve
Eisenhower Doctrine- we will help middle eastern countries if they request our help, it was obviously aimed at communism
Believed in laissez-faire- government shouldnt do much
believed in a balanced budget
deported around 1 million illegal immigrants (mostly mexicans)
sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to help in the desegregation of all public schools- 1954- Brown case- huge issue of mixing blacks and whites
helped pass the Federal-Aid highway act of 1956 which created the United States Interstate Highways
President John F. Kennedy (D)- 35th 1961-1963
assassinated- last president to be assassinated
first roman catholic president and only
wanted to help people in poverty
wanted to treat everyone as equals
youngest president elected
served in WWII
was a US representive and senator from massachusetts before becoming president
defeated Nixon in a very close election
assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
started the Peace Core
Married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
african american civil rights movement- trying to help them
stopped us and russia from getting into a nuclear war
he was very young
encouraged getting the first man on the moon
focused on getting the economy going good again
he went to school to be a doctor and he was a doctor for a while
assassinated in 1963
WWII- his boat was sunk and he saved some people so he kinda became a hero
1960 Election
ran against vice president Richard Nixon
first presidential televised debates took place
many say this helped JFK win the election
very very close election
Kennedy's Presidential Accomplishments
"ask not what your country can do for you; wak what you can do for your country"
cold war issues dominated Kennedy's presidency
berlin wall was built in 1961
bay of pigs invasion-1961
Cuban Missile Crisis
Alliance for Progress with Latin America
Kennedy increased the number of helicopters, military advisors and undeclared US Speical Forces in the Vietnam
The CIA helped the new Ba'ath Party government overthrow Communists in Iraq. This new party systematically murdered large numbers of Iraq's educated elite- kililngs in which Saddam Hussein himself is said to have participated
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963
The New Frontier
promised federal funding for
1. education
2. medical care for the elderly
3. economic aid to rural regions and
4. government intervention to halt the recession
5. end racial discrimination
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