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| As Secretary of State. he viewed the struggle against Communism as a classic conflict between good and evil. Believed in containment and the Eisenhower doctrine. |
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| In the 1950's after Stalin died, Dulles and Eisenhower warned the Soviets that if aggression was undertaken, the U.S. would retaliate with its full nuclear arsenal against the Soviet Union itself. However, the U.S. would not start conflicts. |
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| The practice of seeking advantage by creating the impression that one is willing and able to push a highly dangerous situation to the limit rather than concede. |
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| North Vietnamese leader who had lead the resistance against the Japanese during WW II and at the end of the war had led the uprising against the French Colonial government. He had traveled in Europe, educated in Moscow, and was an ardent Communist. Became President of the North Vietnamese government established after the French withdrawal. Often called the George Washington of North Vietnam. |
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| Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) September, 1954 - Alliance of non-Communist Asian nations modelled after NATO. Unlike NATO, it didn't establish a military force. |
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| opened in 1869 to join french-egyptian venture. in 1875 the Br govt had acwuired the largst block of stock. 1882 soldiers were posted there to protect lifeline to India.Led to Suez War. |
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| October, 1957 - The first artificial satellite sent into space, launched by the Soviets. |
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| The "Missile gap" referred to the U.S. military claim that the U.S.S.R. had more nuclear missiles that the U.S., creating a "gap" in U.S. defensive capabilities. |
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| Eisenhower proposed and obtained a joint resolution from Congress authorizing the use of U.S. military forces to intervene in any country that appeared likely to fall to communism. Used in the Middle East. |
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| Name given to the guerilla fighters on the Communist side. The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were regular troops. |
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| National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Response to Sputnik, Congress created this federal agency in 1957 to coordinate research and administer the space program. |
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| To counter the NATO buildup, the Soviets formed this military organization with the nations of Eastern Europe. Also gave Russia an excuse for garrisoning troops in these countries. |
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| Middle East Treaty Organization |
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| aka Baghdad pact. Uner american sposorship, Br joined states of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan |
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| National Defense Education Act 1958 |
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| This created a multi-million dollar loan fund for college students and granted money to states for upgrading curriculum in the sciences and foreign languages. |
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| Stalin's successor, wanted peaceful coexistence with the U.S. Eisenhower agreed to a summit conference with Khrushchev, France and Great Britain in Geneva, Switzerland in July, 1955 to discuss how peaceful coexistence could be achieved. |
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| Summit meeting blew up when a soviet rocket brought down a US spy plane. |
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| Brown vs Board of Education |
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| 1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated |
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| came to power Jan1, 1959. after guerilla warfare with Batista. Planned a social and agrarian revolution and opposed widespread control of economic Cuba.Dictator and communist. |
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| December, 1955 - In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat for a White man as required by city ordinance. It started the Civil Rights Movement and an almost nation-wide bus boycott lasting 11 months. |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
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| Headed by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., a coalition of churches and Christians organizations who met to discuss civil rights. |
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| An Atlanta-born Baptist minister, he earned a Ph.D. at Boston University. The leader of the Civil Rights Movement and President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he was assassinated outside his hotel room. |
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| Created by the U.S. Commission of Civil Rights and the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department. |
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| It gave the Federal Courts the power to register Black voters and provided for voting referees who served wherever there was racial discrimination in voting, making sure Whites did not try to stop Blacks from voting. |
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| arkansas governor who ordered the national gaurd to prevent nine blacks from entering Little Rock's Central High School under court order. |
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| Proposed in 1947 and ratified in 1951. It limited the number of terms that a president may serve to two. Was brought on by FDR's 4-term presidency. |
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| Eisenhowers domestic plan to be conservative when it comes to monet and liberal when it comes to human beings. |
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| Earl Warren. Made the decision unanimously to say that separate but equal did not apply to school systems and they should be unsegregated during the Brown v Bd of education. |
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| Agreement that settled to neutralize Laos and Cambodia and to divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel. |
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| Hungary National Uprising |
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| Oct 23, 1956. fighting in Budapest. Imre Nagy, communist, new power. "de-Stalinization" Withdraw from Warsaw Pact. let down by US. |
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| Eisenhower's Farewell Address |
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| higlighted the dangers of military establishment in a time of peace. |
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| Denounced the Courts decision in the Brown case as a "clear abuse of judicial power" and was signed by 101 southern members of congress in 1956 |
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