Theme: American life in the fifties was characterized by two contradictory feelings that had been unleashed by the end of World War II.

1) A sense, even dread, of a rising tumultuousness to modern life.

2) A determined and frantic search for tranquillity that forced men and women to fit traditional roles.

-- Dwight Eisenhower's presidency offered the public the security and tranquillity they sought.

Sources of Anxiety:

1) Worse Case Foreign Policy

2) Korean War

3) End of Colonialism

4) Overseas Interventions

5) Abortive Uprisings

6) Racial Insurgency

7) Breaking Down Sexual Taboos

The Search for Tranquillity

1) Suburban Growth

2) The Feminine Mystique

3) Culture of Gadgets and Futurism

4) Organizations and Religion

Dwight David Eisenhower

-- The Hidden Hand Presidency

-- International Policies

ð Third World

ð Cuba

ð Military Industrial Complex

-- Domestic Policies--The Great Postponement

ð Urban Decay

ð Failure on Civil Rights

ð Southern Manifesto

ð Little Rock

Checkers

-- Nixon's Ascent

-- Accusations of Slush Fund

-- Ike Deserts

-- Nixon The Thespian Acts

-- Response

True?