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by communist spies. They were afraid that communism would take over the world and wipe out democracy. They were afraid that a nuclear attack would occur and render them and the American economy helpless. In the midst of all their fear, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected and managed to allay their fears by implementing new policies and expanding FDR’s New Deal, which was instrumental in ending the Great Depression. During the Cold War, people all over the world were in a constant state

for two years, as the United States changed presidents and continued to come up short in negotiations (History.com Staff, n.d.). President Eisenhower, stayed true to his campaign promise and ended the Korean War through diplomacy and an armistice. Dwight D. Eisenhower felt this was his greatest accomplishment of his presidency. Although the actual nature of diplomacy between the United States and North Korea came in the form of nuclear threats. Eisenhower wrote in his diaries that: “…atomic threat

During the 1950’s, Communism was a major fear that Democratic nations such as America were afraid of because of its radical ideas. The actions taken due to the Red Scare and the rise of McCarthyism were necessary and completely justified to protect America’s freedom and government from Communist power. With an increase of Communistic nations invading other countries and forcing their ideas upon them there was an uproar of fear in the United States. The Domino Theory was a legitimate fear of if one

Chapter 26 Elizabeth Modesto 1A Cold War Politics in the Truman Years Questions Notes Why was Helen a surprise to most of the political party? • Congresswoman Helen Gahagan was a person who stood out in the predominately male senate house. She also was a Broadway star prior to her current occupation. o Helen served in the congress when the nation was about to take a drastic change in course in foreign policy and when the destiny of the New Deal was at stake. o Her and her husband were

Microscopic Look at JFK’s Inaugural Address The 1960’s was a time when the world was facing the Cold War and America was facing the Civil Rights Movement. On January 20, 1961, at the age of 43, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was sworn into office as the 35th President of the United States. As the youngest president of the United States, Kennedy needed to prove to the American citizens that he was a great leader and that they did the right thing to elect him. (History.com) The night before JFK’s inaugural

British dramatist Shakespeare once said that there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes. Through the ages, controversies about voting age have not quieted down, and there are more and more different opinions about voting age like it should increase to 21, or it should decrease to 17 or 16, even 13. Like a coin has two sides, each opinion has both advantages and disadvantages. In my opinion, I prefer the voting age to be 18 in the United States. Teenagers who are 18 years old are independent

American foreign policy shifted drastically from the birth of the new nation to the beginning of the 20th century. George Washington’s Farewell Address in 1796 left an admonition for the nation and isolationist roots from its founding President; however, by the early 1900s, William McKinley and other American Presidents took part in imperialistic foreign policy that represented a complete digression from Washington’s doctrine. After World War I and before the impending Second World War, American

Throughout recent years, television campaign advertisements have become predominant for various politicians. From the 1950s with Dwight Eisenhower’s first television campaign to today’s political campaigns and advertisements, political platforms have prospered on deceptive commercials and heresy. Advertisements like these are designed specifically to persuade voters and political debates. Indeed, some political campaigns may have genuine characteristics, numerous show pessimistic attitudes towards

Introduction Leadership is commonly defined as an act of leading an organization or a group of people for some cause or purpose. In every field of life, reflection of leadership is evident, whether it’s an organizational environment or some other social setting (Stewart, 2010). Humans live and work together to progress, and in this respect, one of the individuals has to take the lead and drive others too towards achieving success (Lintz, 2003). Similarly, the film and media also play a role in teaching

Containment in its simplest form Imagine that New York City just broke out in a massive epidemic, spreading an airborne strand of the deadly virus, Ebola. The first move authorities would make in order to reduce the number of casualties, would most likely be to quarantine the virus and isolate it to a confined area. They would do this, not only so that it doesn’t spread, but also to reduce the overlying fear that is being created by the masses. This is essentially what the U.S. was trying to do