Eisenhower in the White
House
Section 1
Chapter 28
Part 1

Republican Revival
• Dissatisfaction with the Korean War
• Democrats- Adlai E. Stevenson for president and John J. Sparkman for vice president
• Republicans- Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president

The Campaign
• Dwight D. Eisenhower-
Supreme commander of the Allied Forces in
Europe during WWII
• Promised to end the
Korean War
• “Checkers” Speech

Landslide Republican Victory
• November 1952-
Eisenhower won the presidency in a landslide victory.
• Six million more votes
• Republicans won control of Congress

Domestic Policy
• Moderate - Middle-of-the-road
• “Conservative when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to human beings.”

Domestic Policy
• Wanted to make the federal government
“smaller rather than bigger.”
• Limit government spending and encourage private enterprise.
• Surplus Excess ($300 million)

The Nation Expands
• Federal Highway Actfunded the construction of more than 40,000 miles of highways that tied the nation together

The Nation Expands
• 1959- Alaska and Hawaii entered the
Union

Social Programs
• Extend Social
Security
• Increase minimum wage
• Department of Health,
Education, and
Welfare (HEW)
• Oveta Culp Hobby-
First secretary of the new department