How did the Cold War shape the American economy, society and politics from 1945 to 1992?

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Quest for Consensus, 1952-1960

Chapter 25

Politics of Consensus

  • Eisenhower Takes Command
  • Ike was a war hero and well-known
  • Republicans also ensured their majority in Congress
  • Re-elected in 1956
  • Dynamic Conservatism
  • Eisenhower’s “middle path”
  • Federal Highway Act
  • National Defense Education Act

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  • The Problem with McCarthy
  • Many Republicans hoped he would quietly disappear
  • Senate eventually investigated him

Politics of Consensus

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Eisenhower and World Affairs

  • The New Look
  • Brinkmanship
  • Economic and political pressures
  • Central Intelligence Agency

  • The Third World
  • By 1960, 37 new nations in Africa, Asia, and Middle East
  • CIA

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  • Turmoil in the Middle East
  • Arab nationalism
  • Egypt and Iran
  • Eisenhower Doctrine

  • A Protective Neighbor
  • Guatemala
  • Cuba

Eisenhower and World Affairs

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  • The New Look in Asia
  • Geneva Agreement

  • The Soviets in Cold War Politics
  • Soviet takeover of Hungary (1956)
  • U-2 spy plane
  • Five Power Summit
  • Democrats accused their opponents of being too soft on communism

Eisenhower and World Affairs

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The Best of Times

  • The Web of Prosperity
  • Technological advances
  • Growth of service sector

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  • Culture and Consumerism
  • People wanted to live in suburbs
  • Nuclear family
  • Images of the family
  • Religious leaders

The Best of Times

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  • Culture and Consumerism (cont’d)
  • Automobile industry

  • Suburban Market
  • Diner’s Club credit card made its debut
  • Credit purchases

The Best of Times

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  • Working Women and Rocking Kids
  • Not all homemakers happy
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Rock ‘n’ roll music

The Best of Times

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The Best of Times

  • Rejecting Consensus
  • The Lonely Crowd
  • Organization Man
  • The Beats

  • Outside Suburbia
  • Poverty
  • Cities

The Civil Rights Movement

  • Integrating Schools
  • 1954 Brown v. Board of Education
  • Central High School (Little Rock)
  • Meaningful integration still years away

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  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Rosa Parks
  • SCLC
  • Ike and Civil Rights
  • Believed government had little role in integration
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957
  • Voting Rights Act of 1960

The Civil Rights Movement

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