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Eisenhower became the first Republican president in 20 years. A war hero rather than a career politician, he had a natural, common touch that made him widely popular. \"I like Ike\" was the campaign slogan of the time. After serving as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Western Europe during World War II, Eisenhower had been army chief of staff, president of Columbia University, and military head of NATO before seeking the Republican presidential nomination. Skillful at getting people to work together, he functioned asa strong public spokesman and an executive manager somewhat removed from detailed policy making.  \nDespite disagreements on detail, he shared Truman's basic view of American foreign policy. He, too, perceived Communism as a monolithic force struggling for world supremacy. In his first inaugural address, he declared,\"Forces of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before in history. Freedom is pitted against slavery, lightness against dark.\"  \nThe new president and his secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, had argued that containment did not go far enough to stop Soviet expansion. Rather, a more aggressive policy of liberation was necessary, to free those subjugated by  \nCommunism. But when a democratic rebellion broke out in Hungary in 1956, the United States stood back as Soviet forces suppressed it.  \nEisenhower's basic commitment to contain Communism remained, and to that end he increased American reliance on a nuclear shield. The United States had created the first atomic bombs. In 1950 Truman had authorized the development of a new and more powerful hydrogen bomb. Eisenhower, fearful that defense spending was out of control, reversed Truman's NSC-68 policy of a large conventional military buildup.  \nRelying on what Dulles called\"massive retaliation,\" the administration signaled it would use nuclear weapons if the nation or its vital interests were attacked.  \nIn practice, however, the nuclear option could be used only against extremely critical attacks. Real Communist threats were generally peripheral. Eisenhower rejected the use of nuclear weapons in Indochina, when the French were ousted by Vietnamese Communist forces in 1954 . In 1956, British and French forces attacked Egypt following Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal and Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai. The president exerted heavy pressure on all three countries to  \nFree K-12 Worksheets and More [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \nName:   Date:   Class:    \nwithdraw. Still, the nuclear threat may have been taken seriously by Communist China, which refrained not only from attacking Taiwan, but from occupying small islands held by Nationalist Chinese just off the mainland. It may also have deterred Soviet occupation of Berlin, which reemerged as a festering problem during Eisenhower's last two years in office.  \n1. In 1953, who became the first Republican president in twenty years?  \n____________________________________________  \n____________________________________________  \n____________________________________________  \n2. In his first inaugural address, President Eisenhower said, \"Forces of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before in history. Freedom is pitted against slavery, lightness against dark.\"Imagine that you are an African American living in the segregated South, hearing these words. How might you react? Would you feel that the Cold War was the most significant political issue of the day? Explain your answer.  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n3. Who served as secretary of state under President Eisenhower?  \n____________________________________________  \n____________________________________________  \n____________________________________________  \n4. Describe the concept of “massive retaliation.”  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n5. ","cbCaiuNkLfGhQoji","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuNkLfGhQoji","pdf",86512,"English","# Reading Questions\n## President Eisenhower in 1953\n## Eisenhower’s inaugural address and reactions\n## Secretary of State under Eisenhower\n## Concept of “massive retaliation”\n## U.S. restraint from using nuclear weapons","[{\"question\":\"Who became the first Republican president in twenty years in 1953?\",\"answer\":\"Dwight D. 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