the 1950s. the election of 1952 dwight eisenhower republican winner adlai stevenson democrat
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The 1950s
The Election of 1952
Dwight EisenhowerRepublican
WinnerAdlai Stevenson
Democrat
Closing out the Korean War
“I will go to Korea.”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower
Closing out the Korean War
Panmunjon
Cease-fire signed, July 27, 1953
Closing out the Korean War
Final Reckoning: • Killed:
– U.S.: 36,516– South Korean: 673,000– Other U.N.: 1,809– North Korean: >200,000– Chinese: 145,000
Stalin dies, 1953.
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the new Soviet dictator.
The Election of 1956
Adlai StevensonDemocrat
Dwight EisenhowerRepublican
Winner
Sputnik, 1957
Eisenhower’s Domestic Policy
• Maintained “New Deal” programs• Built interstate highway system
American Society and Culture in the 1950s
The Post-War Baby Boom
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Television
Rock & Roll
Bill Haley and the CometsElvis Presley
Growing Affluence
The Civil Rights Movement
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954
Chief Justice Earl Warren
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956
Rosa ParksMartin Luther King, Jr.
Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957
“The Little Rock Nine” (with a friend)
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus