Talk about every since key term and people for a blog assignment number 11. Do everyone in a couple sentences or so. NAACP- Jessie Jackson. We have just under a week to do it.
Presidental blogs continued:
Dwight Eisenhower-
He was a famous World War two general. Joined the Republican Party ofter world war two. This all but guarentted him the win in the 1953 election. He was the first president over all fifty states.
Eisenhower created NASA. He ran two terms. He delt a lot with the Cold War. Richard-Nixon was his vice.
People trusted him because he was a huge hero and led the Allied powers in WW2.
He opened relations with Spain. Used the CIA to distrupt communist governaments abroad.
He ended the Korean Conflict as promised.
SEATO was formed. Our allience with South East Asia to stop communism from spreading.
Increased US involvement in Southeast Asia (Vietnam) Us advisors sent
Developed idea that nuclear weapons would be defensive weapons.
Allowed McArthy to do stuff although didn't approve.
Eisenhower Doctorine- Said we would help Middle Eastern countries out against mainly communists. They could request money and military aid from the U.S..
Deported many illegal immagrants.
Set up the Interstate Highways.
John F. Kennedy-
First Roman Catholic President.
Assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Tried to get Fidel Castro out of Cuba. (bay of pigs)
Youngest elected President. Second youngest president.
Gave the African American civil rights movement.
Brought a lot of hope and promised change, because he was young.
Encouraged getting the first man on the moon.
Focused on getting equal rights.
Won against Nixon, was extrememly close. First to be televised on T.V.
Stopped the Cuban missle crisis. The closest we've come to a nuclear war.
Increased US forces in Vietnam.
The New Frontier- premised federal funding for: education, medical care for elderly, economic aid to rural regions, and governemt intervention to halt the recession, to end racial discrimination. Kinda like the New Deal and Fair Deal.
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