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Texas Historical Commission: Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site
The official site of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's birthplace, in Denison, Texas gives visitors a look at the premises. With useful backgrounders on his life and career: a brief bio, an image gallery, a guide to the site, and a brief...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Eisenhower Foreign Affairs
This PBS American Experience site summarizes the foreign policies set in place and carried out by the Eisenhower Administration.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Domino Theory Principle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
President Eisenhower's news conference of April 7, 1954, with questions and answers. Includes the complete interview.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Eisenhower National Historic Site: Presidency
Learn about the ways in which Eisenhower's presidency and personality mirrored the country as a whole during the years he was president (1952-1960). Includes many artifacts of the era, such as campaign paraphernalia and articles of...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography of President Dwight D. Eisenhower for Kids
Learn more about the 34th president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, on this site.
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.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: American Commands of Dwight D. Eisenhower
This site from ibiblio offers details of President Eisenhower's assignments as general during WWII.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Post War Prosperity and Cold War Fears 1945 1960: The American Dream
Looks at the policies of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, both at home and abroad. Also examines changing gender roles in the 1950s, and the impact of suburbanization on America.
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.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Dwight Eisenhower
Facts, biography, and accomplishments of the life of Dwight Eisenhower and summaries of important events during his presidency.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Eisenhower Doctrine
Comprehensive overview details the Eisenhower Doctrine, a 1957 speech made by President Dwight Eisenhower in response to the Suez Crisis.
Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of the Moving Image: 1952 Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
"It's Time for a Change"."You Never Had It So Good". View presidential campaign advertisement from the 1952election. Includes video clips, information about thecandidates, and election results.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Eisenhower's Approach
Read a brief overview of the goals and accomplishments of President Eisenhower's domesitic policies.
Digital History
Digital History: Eisenhower and Civil Rights
Like other U.S. presidents before and after him, Dwight D. Eisenhower was only proactive in instituting civil rights in a very limited way, such as ending segregation in the District of Columbia, including the federal government, and any...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Dwight D. Eisenhower
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Dwight D. Eisenhower.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Exp: Primary Resources: Nixon's Checkers Speech
Dwight Eisenhower's Vice President, Richard Nixon, came under fire for misusing political contributions for personal expenses. These are transcripts of Nixon's speech delivered in 1952.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brief biographical sketch of America's thirty-fourth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
Digital History
Digital History: The Military Industrial Complex
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...
US National Archives
Our Documents: National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)
This great resource gives the history of building interstate highways as far back as the Roosevelt administration. Find out why President Eisenhower thought a system of interstate highways was so important to the U.S. economy and defense.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Housing Amendments of 1955
Read the comments made by President Dwight D. Eisenhower upon the signing of the Housing Amendments of 1955. This act dealt with urban renewal and changes in basic housing law.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Veto of the Second Housing and Urban Renewal Bill
Read the text of President Eisenhower's letter to the Senate in which he lays out his reasons for vetoing a housing bill. See the specifics he gives that he feels would improve the bill and allow him to sign it.
OpenStax
Open Stax: 1945 1960: African American Struggle for Civil Rights
Examines how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower dealt with the civil rights movement, the steps taken by African Americans to combat discrimination and segregation, and the reaction of white people in the South to the civil rights...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Desegregation at Little Rock Central High School
When state and local authorities fail to uphold the Federal Court orders for integration at Central High School, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to enforce those orders. Using an array of photos and primary source...
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