ii 6 domestic policy + intro to brown
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End of Eisenhower Domestic Policy + Intro to BrownTRANSCRIPT
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Creeping Socialism• Ike pushed “Balancing the
Budget” more than anything.• Only came close 3 times in 8 years.
• America was becoming too liberal
• Too Dependent on others for help!
• Ike cut back on military buildup (10% GDP)• Block any new expansion of
Social Welfare Programs• However, created Dept. of Health,
Education, and Welfare to help those at the bottom of the ladder
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Modern Republicanism• In all things that deal
with people, be liberal. In all things that deal with money, be conservative.• It seemed like Ike just
hovered over issues and never used the power of the Presidency!
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Operation Wetback (1954)• Increasing numbers of
illegal aliens in the 1950’s• US orders deportation of
1.4 million Mexicans• Most voluntarily went
back to Mexico• Others put on boats or
trucks and taken to Mexican Southern border• Ike’s Popularity
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Jonas Salk• Created vaccine for
Polio in 1952• Polio attacks the
nervous system (paralysis)
• Headquartered at University of Pittsburgh• First dose given to 2
million kids aged 6-9
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Baby Boom-Birth Rate Chart from 1933-Present
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Baby Boom• 76 million kids born
between 1945-1964• 94% of men, 97% of
women got married!
• Oldest Boomers turn 66 this year! • Means that they can
start accepting early Social Security• Today, 28% of the
population!
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Civil Rights-Education
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Brown vs. the Board of Education
• 1954-Topeka, Kansas• Linda Brown• 8 year old• Has to walk 2 miles in
order to attend a “Black School”• Wants to attend the
“White” School that is ½ mile away
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Brown cont.• Brown family takes
decision to court• Overturns Plessy v.
Ferguson (1896)• Things can be “separate if
they are equal”• Decision by Warren Court• Judicial Activism-Supreme
Court will solve social issues if someone else won’t
• Schools should be desegregated “With All Deliberate Speed”
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Brown cont.