The White House
The White House: Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brief biography of American president Dwight D. Eisenhower. A color portrait is included.
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National Park Service: Eisenhower National Historical Site
At the online arm of the Eisenhower National Historic Site, a home and farm purchased by Eisenhower in 1950, find information about Eisenhower's life, the plant and animal species that live there, park operations, and similar types of...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: State of the Union Address, 1955
A transcript of President Eisenhower's State of the Union address where he focused on the anti-communist initiative on behalf of the United States.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: State of the Union Address, 1956
A transcript of President Eisenhower's State of the Union on 1956 where he urges the nation to not judge people on their "color, race or religion" during a turbulent time in the United States.
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Digital History
Digital History: 'Sink or Swim, With Ngo Dinh Diem' [Pdf]
After the French left Vietnam, there was a void that was filled by anti-Communist Ngo Dinh Diem. Read about the excesses his government carried out against suspected communists, and the excesses carried out by North Vietnamese leader, Ho...
Library of Congress
Loc: "I Do Solemnly Swear" Presidential Inauguration
This interactive site looks at presidential inaugurations from the first, George Washington to the present. Primary documents are included.
Other
Public Roads Magazine: Creating the Interstate System
Discusses the creation of the interstate highway system by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Mc Carthyism
Read about the dangers of paranoia when exercised by people of power. The witch-hunting of the McCarthy era made rash and false accusations against supposed Communist sympathizers that affected many lives.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Scroll down to 17 August for links to information about the Allies and German attack on Southern Italy during WWII.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: D Eisenhower: Second
Review the text of the speech given by Dwight D. Eisenhower's on January 21, 1957, at his second inauguration.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Interstate Highway Act of 1956
Ohio History Central gives brief discussion about the purpose of the Interstate Highway Act and its ramifications in American commerce.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The 1950s: Happy Days
A brief look at American life and politics in the 1950s with an increase in consumerism and fear of the Soviet Union.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Interstate Highway System
Interesting information, history, and facts on the Interstate Highway System that began a new road culture making travel faster, easier, and safer.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Civil Rights Act of 1957
Informative article on the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that was intended to protect the right of African Americans to vote.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Seato
Comprehensive overview details SEATO, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, that was formed in 1954. It was intended to be the Southeast Asian version of NATO.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Warsaw Pact
Comprehensive overview details the 1955 Warsaw Pact, signed by the Soviets and its 7 communist 'satellite nations'.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Brown vs Board of Education
Comprehensive overview and detailed facts about Brown vs Board of Education, a 1954 Supreme Court case won by NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall against school segregation.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Sclc)
Detailed facts and a summary on the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed as a Civil Rights non-violent protest group in 1957.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Little Rock Nine
Learn detailed facts about the Little Rock Nine crisis, the refusal to admit 9 African American students to the racially segregated Little Rock Central High in Arkansas in 1957.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Montgomery Bus Boycott
Provides detailed facts and a summary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a protest against segregation on public buses that began on December 1, 1955. It was led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Siteseen: American Historama: U 2 Incident
Detailed facts and an overview of the 1960 U-2 Incident when an American U2 spy plane piloted by Gary Powers was shot down over Russia.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Pa: Eisenhower Natl Historic Site
A home of Dwight Eisenhower.
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