Eisenhower

Eisenhower

Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States. He served from 1953-1961. Eisenhower was commanding general of the forces in Europe during World War II. He obtained a truce in Korea and worked long days and nights during his presidency to release the tension of the Cold War. He was a Republican. He also stated that "America is today the strongest, most influential, and most productive nation in the world." Dwight Eisenhower was born in Texas in 1890 and was raised in Abilene, Kansas. He was third of seven children and was an excellent athlete and recieved an appointment to West Point. He was a second lieutenant when he was stationed in Texas when he met Mamie Geneva Doud. He married her in 1916.

Brown vs. Board of Education

In 1954, the Supreme Court reversed itself in the Brown vs Board of Education case. It ruled that separate-but-equal was never really applied in the South. It said the integration of southern schools to give children the same opportunity, whether they were white or black. Integration si the process of bringing different races to the same area. In 1955, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown II that states should bring different races into schools with "with all deliberate speed."

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