Eisenhower
The term referring to the promise of restoring authority of state and local governments along with restraining federal government from furthering political and social "engineering."
Moderate Republicanism (pg. 988)
The name of the act which was nicknamed the GI Bill of Rights.
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (pg. 995)
Elvis Presley (pg. 1005)
Brown vs. Board of Education (pg. 1008).
Under Eisenhower, communism needed to be "rolled back." This was the term for potential use of nuclear warfare if necessary.
massive retaliation (pg. 1015)
The last president prior to Eisenhower who was also a military leader.
Ulysses S. Grant in 1868 (pg. 990)
The biggest demographic "bubble" in US history.
The baby boom (pg. 1000)
Much of the stage set for the youth revolt in the 1960's stemmed from this group in the 1950's.
The Beats (pg. 1004)
This woman is often remembered for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
Rosa Parks (p. 1009)
This newly formed agency along with MI6 launched "Operation Ajax" which was a scheme to remove Iran's prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh.
Central Intelligence Agency (p. 1015)
This act would create a national network of interstate highways to serve the needs of commerce and defense.
Federal-Aid Highway Act (pg. 991)
This program began during WWII and was renewed by Congress after the war to allow Mexicans to work as wage laborers in the US.
Bracero program (pg. 998)
Many social critics, writers and artists during the 1950's rejected this aspect of post-WWII culture.
Consumerism (pg. 1002)
Eisenhower would send federal troops to a school in this state to ensure the protection of black students entering the high school.
Arkansas (p. 1011)
The US supported this country's effort to gain control over Vietnam post-WWII and by 1953 was paying close to 80% of its military efforts.
France (p. 1017)
On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted to "condemn" this senator and his efforts against Communism.
Joseph R. McCarthy (pg. 992)
The case which deemed housing restrictions according to race was illegal.
Shelley vs. Kraemer (pg. 997)
Advertisements often targeted this group of consumers.
Middle-class women (pg. 999)
This organization was originally formed after the Montgomery bus boycott in effort to further the desegregation of bus systems in the South.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (pg. 1013)
In 1952, this Egyptian army officer overthrew King Farouk.
Gamal Abdel Nasser (p. 1021)
Eisenhower wanted to uphold this 19th century view of the Legislative and Executive branch roles.
Congress should make policy and the president should carry it out. (pg. 990)
The phrase added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954.
One nation under God (pg. 1001)
By this year, over a million teens were being arrested each year.
1956 (pg. 1004).
When Governor Faubus closed the Little Rock high schools in 1958 to avoid racial integration, this state would follow.
Virginia (pg. 1012)
The term used for the Congressional resolution in 1958 to promise economic and military aid to Arab nations and to potentially assist those countries with force if needed against Communist aggression.
Eisenhower Doctrine (p. 1024)