1952 Eisenhower elected as President
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- Created on: 21-05-17 05:37
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- 1952 Eisenhower elected as President
- Republican
- Taft was the Conservative
- Caused union conflict
- He appeased the Old Guard with Nixon on side
- Nixon was anti- communist
- Nixon was energetic and fiery
- Eisenhower's popular stance in party
- Federal Budget deficits
- Anti- high taxes
- Government bureaucracy
- 'Socialised medicine'
- Eisenhower supported the states rights over federal intervention
- Eisenhower was a war hero, he had the voters trust and was anti- communist
- Eisenhower critisized the failings at the Yalta conference
- Eisenhower asserted that the failure to liberate Berlin during WW2 was nothing to do with him
- Eisenhower believed that Truman was to blame for the loss of China as he was too soft on communism
- Eisenhower critisized the idea of containment
- Eisenhower promised to end the Korean War
- Results
- Eisenhower won 55% of the vote to Stevenson's 45%
- Popularity made Congress Republican again
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