Day 139: The Eisenhower EraBaltimore Polytechnic Institute

April 12, 2012A.P. U.S. History

Mr. Green

1. This is where Ho Chi Minh scored a victory against the French in Indochina in 1954.

2. Gamal Abdul Nasser led this nation and decided to nationalize this strategic waterway (2).

3. He served as President Eisenhower’s Secretary of State.

4. He led Cuba from the 1930’s to 1959 when this Communist took control of the country (2).

5. This individual was propped up by a coup by the CIA in 1953 to lead Iran.

Reading Check

Objectives: Indicate how America reacted to Pearl Harbor and prepared to

wage war against both Germany and Japan.Describe the mobilization of the American economy for war and

the mobilization of manpower and womanpower for both the military and wartime production.

Describe the war’s effects on American society, including regional migration, race relations, and women’s roles.

Explain the early Japanese successes in East Asia and the Pacific, and the American strategy for countering them.

AP FocusEarly in the war, Germany, Japan, and Italy have considerable

military success. The Allies, except for France, which had surrendered in 1940, are fortunate not to be overwhelmed completely.

Fearing that they will be disloyal, President Roosevelt orders the detention of Japanese Americans, a serious violation of basic American civil rights.

The Eisenhower Era 1952-1960

CHAPTER THEMESUnified by Pearl Harbor, America effectively

carried out a war mobilization effort that produced vast social and economic changes within American society.

Following its “get Hitler first” strategy, the United States and its Allies invaded and liberated conquered Europe from Fascist rule. The slower strategy of island-hopping against Japan also proceeded successfully until the atomic bomb brought a sudden end to World War II.

Chapter Focus

Accused Dean Acheson of employing 205 known Communists

only 57 genuine communists and never rooted out 1

Accused General George Marshall of a huge conspiracy

Ike tried to stay out of the gutter with McCarthyDeprived government of Asian specialists that may

have helped with Vietnamdictated personnel at the State Department

Army-McCarthy HearingsDied in 1957 of chronic alcoholism

Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy

Segregation15 million African-Americans

2/3 still lived in the SouthEmmett Till in 1955Segregation tarnished American’s international

imageNorth moves first

equal access, baseball, Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

Rosa Parks-December 1955Montgomery bus boycott

MLK

Desegregating American Society

Truman commissioned “To Secure These Rights”ended segregation in 1948 in federal civil service/military

Earl WarrenBrown v. Board

Border States made more effort than the deep South

Ike not on boarddid send federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas

1957-1st Civil Rights Act since ReconstructionCivil Rights Commission

Seeds of the Civil Rights Revolution

Limited Federal GovernmentCut back on Truman’s military buildup

military spending 10% of GNPoil fields went to state controlattempted to curb the TVA

Dixon/Yates controversyprivate power company to build a generating plant to compete with the public utility born during the Great Depression

HEW-free distribution of the Salk anti-polio vaccine as “socialized medicine”

Federal Highway Act of 195642,000 miles of highway$27 billion dollarsMobilize the troops anywhere Killed the train

Eisenhower Republicanism at Home

Landrum-Griffin Act 1959bring labor leaders book for financial shenanigans and bullying tactics

The Teamsters and Hoffa caused the conversation for reform to occur

Revising Taft-Hartley

1. Begin 1950’s chart2. Complete Korean Conflict Chart

Class Discussion

Read Chapter 35Prepare for 5 question reading check on

Tuesday

Homework