Eisenhower Domestic Flashcards
What was Eisenhower’s presidential policy
Dynamic conservatism
When was Defence Education Act + what did it do
1958
Low cost loans to college students studying science, maths or languages, aid Cold War effort
How much did E increase minimum wage and when
$1/hr
1955
Increase of social security under Eisenhower
1954
10 mil more
When was interstate highway act and what was E reasoning
June 1956
Poor roads threat to national security-military transportation
Also increase no. Cars and jobs
What was GNP in 1950s
25%
1960s families had ……. more purchasing power
30%
Housing developers
Levittown 17,000 homes
How many new cars in 1955
7.9 million
Advertising industry money spent
1950»>
1960»>
$5.7 Bn
$11.9 bn
When was Montgomery bus boycott
1956
What happened in Montgomery bus boycott
After arrest of Rosa parks, for not moving from her seat for a white person, 13 month peaceful mass protest-no one got the bus , main income provider for busses
What was the result of Montgomery bus boycott and what did this mean for civil rights
1956 Supreme Court ruling (Browder v Gayle) desegregated buses in Montgomery
Provided platform showing effectiveness of peaceful protests and inspired more African Americans to protest
When were college student sit ins and how many were there
1960, 70,000
Where did college student sit ins take place
woolworth’s lunch counters
Result of student sit ins
All Woolworth lunch counters desegregated
Establishment of SNCC (Students non-violent coordination committee)
Again showed the effectiveness of protest
What happened in Topeka, Kansas 1954
Brown v Board of education ruling
Even if facilities are equal, they were psychologically damaging to children
Results for activists after Brown v Board of education
Removed all sanction for segregation, provided hope of a desegregated America and showed that there was little law to prevent desegregation from taking place, encouraged many
Drawbacks of Brown v Board of education
Supreme Court set up no date for desegregation
White backlash - KKK revitalised
-white citizens council
When was emmet till murdered
1955
What did emmet till case show about civil rights
Killers found not guilty (white jury), no federal government response, shows that even though Eisenhower says he supports civil rights, it is not total. Shows the loopholes in the Supreme Court ruling and how racism still incredibly promenant in the us
When was Autherine Lucy excluded from uni of Alabama, so what
1955, no response, Supreme Court ruling was just on paper, in fact, even though it was allowed there was still very strong resistance
When was the Little Rock crisis and where did it take place?
Sept 1957 Arkansas
What were the events of the Little Rock crisis?
9 black students try to enter Little Rock school.
Orvul fabulous ordered national guard to keep kids out.
E forced to send in federal forces to protect the children and the law
