1953-1961

2 term President

Political Party:Republican

Vice President:Richard Nixon

Domino TheoryBelief that if one

country falls to communism others in the same region will fall too!

BrinkmanshipWillingness to go to

the brink of war

Launching of SputnikUSSR launched the first satellite into space.US felt inferior and decides to send a man to

the moon! NASA

SEATOSouth East Asian

Treaty Organization = the NATO of the Pacific

Suburbanization:KenmoreNeeded carsFree timeSuburban dreams of

owning a home

Building of a nationwide highway network

41,000 miles of expressway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrYoRfyUux0

More than any single action by the government since the end of the war, this one would change the face of America. ... Its impact on the American economy - the jobs it would produce in manufacturing and construction, the rural areas it would open up - was beyond calculation.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren served during the Presidency’s of Eisenhower, Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson

Brown V. Board of EducationSeparate IS NOT EQUAL! Must

integrate facilitiesMiranda v. Arizona

Rights must be read to you when you are arrested

Engel v. VitaleBanned Public Prayer in school

Tinker v. Des MoinesExtends freedom of speech to symbolic

speech

Promotes the rights of the accused – free legal counsel, illegally seized evidence can not be used in a state trial