Chapter 28: The Eisenhower Years
1953-1960

     I. Eisenhower: Trust and Moderation
          A. Korean War ends
          B. McCarthyism ends

     II. Cold War
          A. Eisenhower and Containment
               1. "brinksmanship"
               2. CIA and Iran, 1953
               3. Viet Nam
                    a. Geneva Accords

     III. Civil Rights Movement
          A. Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka 1953-54
               1. Plessy v Ferguson overturned
          B. Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-56
          C. Little Rock, 1957

     IV. Election of 1956

     V. Other 50s Topics
          A. Cultural changes: read on your own: sections about Television and Youth Culture
               *** two test questions from these sections that I am not lecturing over***
          B. Conquering Polio
          C. Interstate Highways
          D. Space Race

     VI. Election of 1960
 

Key Terms

     brinksmanship
     covert action
     Shah of Iran
     Ho Chi Minh
     Geneva Accords
     domino theory
     Chief Justice Earl Warren
     Thurgood Marshall
     segregation
     integration
     Rosa Parks
     Martin Luther King Jr.
     Southern Manifesto
     Governor Orval Faubus
     Dr. Jonas Salk
     Federal Highway Act of 1956
     Sputnik I
     NASA
     John F. Kennedy
     televised debates

Study Questions

      I. Describe the rise and fall of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

     2. Explain how Eisenhower used brinksmanship as part of our foreign policy.

     3. The early victories in the Civil Rights movement were won in the courts.  What were these cases and how did they affect the United States?

     4. What impact and influence did television have on American culture in the 1950s?

     5. What was the role of women in the 1950s?  How had it changed from the earlier in the century?