1. President Eisenhower and the Cold War
The year of his election, Eisenhower increased military spending "17 percent as a portion of the government budget from 2 years earlier and nearly doubled the total number of dollars spent on defense" (Document D). ... In a special message to congress in January 1958, Eisenhower outlines an emergency roll that the "federal government must play in the education of the nation's youth" (Document F). This marked the first time the federal government would directly assist in public education. ... The National Defense education act set precedent for the rest of American his...
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