CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to:

Describe the Eisenhower style and his approach to the nation’s problems. Assess the nature of modern Republicanism in relation to New Deal liberalism, focusing especially on Eisenhower’s stance on key domestic legislation. Evaluate the early performance of Dulles’s diplomacy, especially as compared to the policy of containment. Understand the origins of the Indochina War and judge Eisenhower’s response to it. Describe the developments in civil rights in the Eisenhower era and assess his responses to them. Explain the Suez Crisis and the Hungarian Revolt, their interrelations and their consequences. Assess the impact of Sputnik.