Domestic Flashcards
What is Liberalism?
Believing in equality and individual liberty puts an emphasis on the idea of Freedom.
What is Conservatism?
Promotes traditional values including respect for American traditions.
What is Dynamic Conservatism?
Conservative when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to people.
What did Eisenhower increase minimum wage to?
75 cents to $1 per hour in 1955
When was the National Defence Education Act and what was it ?
1958 and it gave federal funds to the states and gave low cost loans to students.
Why did Eisenhower make Interstate highways?
1919 he led a military convoy across nation and saw poor quality of roads endangered military transportation.
Number of cars on road increasing
What was the HEW (Health, Education and Welfare)?
New Govt department headed by Oveta Culp Hobby
What did the HEW oversee in 1955?
Distribution of the polio vaccine
Added 500,000 acres to the national park system
How did Eisenhower describe McCarthy?
Pimple on the path of progress
How did McCarthy become his own downfall?
Appeared drunk on TV and had no concrete evidence damaging the republican party.
What was the construction boom?
1948-1958 11 million houses built in the suburbs.
How many cars were manufactured in 1955?
7.9million
What was the baby boom?
1946-1959 explosion in sales of baby food, toys, nappies
What percentage of families had a TV?
90%
How much did Eisenhower spend on the Interstate Highways?
$26billion
What is invisible poverty?
Quarter of people still lived in poverty defined as an annual income of $3000
How much did Govt spending rise by?
11%
