Dwight Eisenhower 1953 - 1961 (jan 1, 1953 – jan 1, 1961)
Description:
- 34th president- 2 terms
- Republican
- War: Cold War
- Accomplishments: Supreme Commander of allied forces in Western Europe, Ended Korean War
- Scandals: Farewell Address, a warning that future governments that US Military must be limited and are spending too much money.
- Domestic Policy: 22nd Amendment, Civil Rights Commission (1957), Civil Rights Movement, Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Interstate Highway Program, Kansas (1954)
- Foreign Policy: Suez Crisis, CIA in Iran, U-2 spy plane incident, Eisenhower Doctrine (1957)
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Date:
jan 1, 1953
jan 1, 1961
~ 8 years