{ } P Fr It Enter Delete Enid PODW Home S 2 3 Name: Kierstun Period: Date: Ch. 27: The Eisenhower Years, 1952-1960-Guided Reading Complete the following Guided Reading for the AMSCO book as you carefully read the entire chapter. BIG QUESTION: How did American society change in the 1950s? Eisenhower Takes Command: 1. Whom did Eisenhower pick as his vice presidential running mate in the election of 1952? Richard Nixon 2. Why was Nixon almost dropped as Eisenhower's running mate? had been using use Campaing fands for Personal 3. What were two ways Eisenhower extended some programs of the New Deal? -Social Security Was given to lo Million - Minimum wage raised 133 The Cars, trucks, hurt the 4. What were the effects of the interstate highway system established with the Highway Act of 1956? and highwayYS Railroads and ultimately Hurt lear Public tresertation, (old (poor defenses on the chuirnment. 5. What happened to Americans' income during the 1950s? Income was higher Who won the presidential election of 1956? Eisenhower Eisenhower and the Cold War: 7. What did Secretary of State John Foster Dulles "new look" diplomacy involve? Challenging the Soviet Union China and People's republic of 8. How did Eisenhower change the make-up of the military under the policy of massive retaliation? 9. What covert action did the US take in Iran in 1953? 10. What did the CIA do in Guatemala in 1954?

{ } P Fr It Enter Delete Enid PODW Home S 2 3 Name: Kierstun Period: Date: Ch. 27: The Eisenhower Years, 1952-1960-Guided Reading Complete the following Guided Reading for the AMSCO book as you carefully read the entire chapter. BIG QUESTION: How did American society change in the 1950s? Eisenhower Takes Command: 1. Whom did Eisenhower pick as his vice presidential running mate in the election of 1952? Richard Nixon 2. Why was Nixon almost dropped as Eisenhower's running mate? had been using use Campaing fands for Personal 3. What were two ways Eisenhower extended some programs of the New Deal? -Social Security Was given to lo Million - Minimum wage raised 133 The Cars, trucks, hurt the 4. What were the effects of the interstate highway system established with the Highway Act of 1956? and highwayYS Railroads and ultimately Hurt lear Public tresertation, (old (poor defenses on the chuirnment. 5. What happened to Americans' income during the 1950s? Income was higher Who won the presidential election of 1956? Eisenhower Eisenhower and the Cold War: 7. What did Secretary of State John Foster Dulles "new look" diplomacy involve? Challenging the Soviet Union China and People's republic of 8. How did Eisenhower change the make-up of the military under the policy of massive retaliation? 9. What covert action did the US take in Iran in 1953? 10. What did the CIA do in Guatemala in 1954?