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The Election of 1952 and Civil Rights Gains

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The Election of 1952

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
34th President of the United States 1952-1960
“conservative when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to human beings.”

Ike cut the federal budget and instituted measures to increase states' rights but at the same time increased Social Security and raised the minimum wage.

Created the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which he placed under the guidance of Oveta Culp Hobby of Texas.

Eisenhower signed legislation that created the Interstate Highway System, laying the basis for the modern interstate system used today.

Many of the existing New Deal programs established by his predecessors remained during Eisenhower’s tenure, and the primary focus of his presidency dealt with diffusing the mounting tension of the early Cold War.

Video source www.livingroomcandidate.com

The American people in the 1950s (See graphic organizer)
Homogenized society – buys same thing/has same values – keeping up with the Joneses. White collar jobs outnumber blue collar jobs

The Civil Rights Gains 1954 to 1957

Seeds of the Civil Rights Revolution

Congress resists change, President Eisenhower not interested, the courts begin to address social issues. The Warren Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States between 1953 and 1969, when Earl Warren served as Chief Justice. Warren led a liberal majority that used judicial power in dramatic fashion, to the consternation of conservative opponents. The Warren Court expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power in dramatic ways.

Current State Spending Per Pupil

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled that segregation in public schools was unequal and thus unconstitutional. The decision reversed the previous ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Local History -Saratogian 1952

Emmett Till’s Murder (1955) Emmett Till's abduction and murder in Mississippi in August 1955, and the subsequent acquittal of his killers the following month, became not only a national story, but also put Southern racism into the international spotlight. These events became a major force in the advancement of the Civil Rights Movement - Bob Dylan's Death of Emmett Till

Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) A yearlong successful boycott after Rosa Parks refuses seat. Martin Luther King (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) gains status and proved blacks could unite.

Associations Homer Plessy vs Rosa Parks ; Connections to MLK

Little Rock 9 (1957) Arkansas high school integrated only after Eisenhower intervenes over government (State’s Rights?)

Little Rock Reunion; Federal State Relations

Lessons from Little Rock - Federal Supremacy:

President Eisenhower declared “In that city [Little Rock] under the leadership of demagogic extremists, disorderly mobs have deliberately prevented the carrying out of proper orders from a federal court….the President’s responsibility is inescapable. In accordance with that responsibility, I have today issued an Executive Order directing the use of troops under federal authority to aid in the execution of federal law at Little Rock, Arkansas.”