HIST 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 49: Oveta Culp Hobby, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Checkers Speech
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Similar to franklin roosevelt dominating the 1930"s. At end of truman"s term - us wanted relief from korean war. Eisenhower had the republican nomination [with richard nixon as his running. Eisenhower had a spotless reputation (non politician) Nixon defended himself using television (his checkers speech) Won support of millions - pulled at heartstrings of us (emotionally) Eisenhower pledged to go to korea to and end the war (won him a lot of votes) Ike delegated lots of work to his cabinet, which was filled with corporate executives. Charles wallace was the sec. of defence, former head of general motors. Ike was a fiscal conservative who prioritized balancing the budget - got closer than any of his successors. Accepted new deal programs and extended them, such as social security, which was extended to 10 million more citizens. Created the department of health, education, and welfare (hew) created under. Oveta culp hobby, the first woman in a republican cabinet.
