The second new deal came shortly after. Despite the great efforts of President Roosevelt's and his cabinet, the Great Depression continued in the United States, affecting the economy greatly. Unemployment persisted and the people grew angrier and desperate. In the spring of 1935, roosevelt launched a second, more aggressive version of federal programs, sometimes referred to as the Second New Deal. In April of that year he created the WPA (works progress administration) to provide jobs for the unemployed. WPA project were not allowed to compete with private industry, so the project focused mainly on building things such as post offices, bridges, schools, parks and highways. They also gave work to artists, writers and musicians. In July of 1935,
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During his presidency, Eisenhower managed Cold War-era tensions with the Soviet union under the looming threat of nuclear weapons, ended the war in Korea in 1953 and then authorized a number of covert anti-communist operations by the CIA around the world. After the war, Eisenhower strengthened Social Security, created the massive new interstate highway system and worked behind the scenes to discredit the rabid anti-Communist Senator Joseph McCarthy. Though Eisenhower was popular throughout his administration, he faltered in the protection of civil rights for the African Americans by failing to enforce the Supreme Court's mandate for the desegregation of schools is the well known case, Brown v. Board of Education(1954). As a Republican, Eisenhower was able to achieve numerous legislative victories despite a Democratic majority in congress during his first six of his eight years in office. In addition to continuing most of the New Deal and Fair Deal programs or his predecessors(Franklin Roosevelt and Truman) he strengthened the Social Security program, increased the minimum wage and also created the Department of Health, Welfare and Education. In 1956, Eisenhower created the Interstate Highway System, It was the single largest public works program in U.S history, which would construct 41,000 miles of road across the country. During Eisenhower first term as President of the United States, Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist crusade …show more content…
Soon after he took office, he signed a armistice ending the Korean War. Besides sending combat troops into Lebanon in 1958, he would send no other armed forces into active duty throughout his presidency, however he didn't hesitate to authorize defense spending. Eisenhower sought out to improve Cold War-era relations with the soviet union, especially after the death of their leader Josef Stalin in 1953. In 1955, when Eisenhower met with British, French and Russian leaders in Geneva, Switzerland, he proposed a policy, it was called “Open Skies”. This meant that the United States and the Soviet Union would conduct air inspections of each other's military programs, The U.S.S.R rejected this proposal, even though it won internations approval. With the threat of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons technology rising, Eisenhower and the Secretary of State John Foster Dulles did succeed in strengthening NATO and in creating the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) to fights Communist expansion in that
During his presidency, Eisenhower managed Cold War-era tensions with the Soviet union under the looming threat of nuclear weapons, ended the war in Korea in 1953 and then authorized a number of covert anti-communist operations by the CIA around the world. After the war, Eisenhower strengthened Social Security, created the massive new interstate highway system and worked behind the scenes to discredit the rabid anti-Communist Senator Joseph McCarthy. Though Eisenhower was popular throughout his administration, he faltered in the protection of civil rights for the African Americans by failing to enforce the Supreme Court's mandate for the desegregation of schools is the well known case, Brown v. Board of Education(1954). As a Republican, Eisenhower was able to achieve numerous legislative victories despite a Democratic majority in congress during his first six of his eight years in office. In addition to continuing most of the New Deal and Fair Deal programs or his predecessors(Franklin Roosevelt and Truman) he strengthened the Social Security program, increased the minimum wage and also created the Department of Health, Welfare and Education. In 1956, Eisenhower created the Interstate Highway System, It was the single largest public works program in U.S history, which would construct 41,000 miles of road across the country. During Eisenhower first term as President of the United States, Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist crusade …show more content…
Soon after he took office, he signed a armistice ending the Korean War. Besides sending combat troops into Lebanon in 1958, he would send no other armed forces into active duty throughout his presidency, however he didn't hesitate to authorize defense spending. Eisenhower sought out to improve Cold War-era relations with the soviet union, especially after the death of their leader Josef Stalin in 1953. In 1955, when Eisenhower met with British, French and Russian leaders in Geneva, Switzerland, he proposed a policy, it was called “Open Skies”. This meant that the United States and the Soviet Union would conduct air inspections of each other's military programs, The U.S.S.R rejected this proposal, even though it won internations approval. With the threat of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons technology rising, Eisenhower and the Secretary of State John Foster Dulles did succeed in strengthening NATO and in creating the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) to fights Communist expansion in that