Eisenhower presidency
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Eisenhower InauguratedGives “Chance for Peace” speech speaking against increased military spendingFirst filming of presidential press conferenceAnnounces armistice in KoreaUS refuses to sign Geneva Accords and withdraw troops from VietnamJulius and Ethel Rosenberg executed. Accused of being Russian spies, giving atomic bomb information to USSR. Eisenhower refused to grant clemencyAppoints Earl Warren Chief JusticeUS and Japan sign rearmament agreementUS signs SEATO (South East Asian Trade Agreement)Signs Submerged Lands Act allowing states to submerge land within their borders to create waterwaysSigns Refugee Relief Act allowing 214,000 more immigrants into the countryGeneva Conference begins with leaders of US, Britain, France and Soviet UnionTries to convince Nixon to take a cabinet positionReleases $1 billion worth of Uranium for peaceful purposesSuffers heart attackSigns Federal Aid Highway Act providing federal funding for interstate highwaysSigns Social Security Act of 1956 allowing women to retire at 62Appoints William J. Brennan to Supreme CourtIsrael, Britain and France attack Egypt. Eisenhower condemns the attackEisenhower reelectedProposes "Eisenhower Doctrine" for fighting communism in the Middle EastSelects Robert B. Anderson as new Secretary of the TreasurySigns Civil Rights Act of 1957Sends federal troops to Little Rock Arkansas to stop white supremacists protesting school integrationAsks congress for federal aid money for educationMeets with MLK and other Civil Rights leadersSigns a bill making Alaska a stateOrders US troops into LebanonSigns National Defense Education Act increasing school fundingSigns bill making Hawaii a stateAsks leader of the Soviet Union, Khrushchev for partial nuclear test ban agreementMakes Christian Herter Secretary of StateAnnounces that Nixon will be his running mateDedicates St. Lawrence Seaway with Queen ElizabethDeclares support for Nixon as presidential candidateEnds steelworker strikeAuthorizes CIA to begin training to invade CubaSigns Civil Rights Act of 1960Acknowledges that US has been spying on Soviet UnionSevers diplomatic ties with CubaGives farewell adressEisenhower leaves WashingtonNASA createdPerioden
Purple: Chief Legislator Dark Blue: Commander-In-Chief Light Blue: Chief Diplomat Dark Green: Chief Executive Light Green: Chief Administrator Orange: Party Chief Red: Chief of State
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