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Digital History

Digital History: The Cold War in Developing Countries

For Students 9th - 10th
In Europe, there was less violence in the half century following World War II then in almost any previous period of modern European history. Yet outside of Europe and North America, violent conflict became commonplace. In the decades...
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: The Military Industrial Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginning with George Washington, presidents have used their farewell address to look back on their experience in office and to offer the public practical advice. In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said that a high...
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Article
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Cold War: How Did It Start? How Did It End? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing 45 years of the Cold War between Russia and the U.S. Questions for discussion and small group activity.
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Website
US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Centennial: Omar Nelson Bradley

For Students 9th - 10th
This lengthy biography of General Omar Bradley was written on the centennial of his birth. It traces his life as a military man through World War I, World War II, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Included is a map that shows...
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Other

Phs: Section 4: Eisenhower's Cold War Policies [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from a Glencoe textbook which covers Eisenhower's Cold War actions. Read about his ideas for massive retaliation, the military hardware necessary for the Cold War, the international crises occurring during his presidency, and...
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Other

Southwestern Academy: Eisenhower's Foreign Policy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-organized look at President Eisenhower's Cold War policies throughout his two terms as president. Find out about his policies toward the USSR, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Dwight D. Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the National Portrait Gallery explores presidential actions during the Cold War. Click on Dwight D. Eisenhower to see how the Cold War was developing and being handled during his presidency. Find out about the Communist...
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Eisenhower and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at President's Eisenhower's commitment to restraining Communism in the Cold War years of the 1950s.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Eisenhower and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Cold War policies.
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Primary
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Domino Theory Principle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954

For Students 9th - 10th
President Eisenhower's news conference of April 7, 1954, with questions and answers. Includes the complete interview.
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Primary
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Military Industrial Complex Speech Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a speech given by President Eisenhower during the last days of his administration. In it, he cautions against the growing power and influence of the American military-industrial complex. A great primary source that still contains...
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Primary
US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Army and the New Look

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on the following topics: Massive Retaliation and the New Look, "The NATO Build-up," "Continental Defense," "The Missile Era," "Challenges and Responses," "The Military Budget," "Defense Reorganization," "The Dual...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History:the Cold War Continues

For Students 5th - 8th
A comprehensive look at U.S. foreign policy during the Eisenhower administration. The Cold War was at its height, and the United States used many tactics to fight and contain the spread of Communism. Be sure to watch the cartoon of Bert...
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Website
US Department of State

Office of the Historian: Foreign Policy Under President Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
This history from the U.S. Department of State relates the influence that John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's Secretary of State, had on Eisenhower's Cold War policies.
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Handout
US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: John Foster Dulles (1888 1959)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of John Foster Dulles provides details of his life and rise to prominence in the U.S. Government.
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Handout
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Dwight David Eisenhower: Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive explanation of Eisenhower's Cold War policies.
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: John Foster Dulles

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the text to the address given by U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles before the Associated Press on April 22, 1957.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Eisenhower Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS American Experience site summarizes the foreign policies set in place and carried out by the Eisenhower Administration.