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Texas Historical Commission: Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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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.
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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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Curated OER

National Park Service: Eisenhower National Historic Site: Presidency

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography of President Dwight D. Eisenhower for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the 34th president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, on this site.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: D Eisenhower: Second

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the text of the speech given by Dwight D. Eisenhower's on January 21, 1957, at his second inauguration.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: American Commands of Dwight D. Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio offers details of President Eisenhower's assignments as general during WWII.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Post War Prosperity and Cold War Fears 1945 1960: The American Dream

For Students 11th - 12th
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.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: State of the Union Address, 1955

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: State of the Union Address, 1956

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Dwight Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
Facts, biography, and accomplishments of the life of Dwight Eisenhower and summaries of important events during his presidency.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Eisenhower Doctrine

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview details the Eisenhower Doctrine, a 1957 speech made by President Dwight Eisenhower in response to the Suez Crisis.
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Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image: 1952 Eisenhower vs. Stevenson

For Students 9th - 10th
"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.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Eisenhower's Approach

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief overview of the goals and accomplishments of President Eisenhower's domesitic policies.
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Digital History

Digital History: Eisenhower and Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Dwight D. Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Exp: Primary Resources: Nixon's Checkers Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Dwight D. Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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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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US National Archives

Our Documents: National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Housing Amendments of 1955

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Veto of the Second Housing and Urban Renewal Bill

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: 1945 1960: African American Struggle for Civil Rights

For Students 11th - 12th
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...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Desegregation at Little Rock Central High School

For Students 9th - 10th
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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