Presidential

Elections 1952 & 1972

1952 Dwight D.

Eisenhower

1972 Richard N.

Nixon

1950s

F. John Lewis (left) with medical student Maung Kyaw Than, in 1952. Lewis, with

former classmate C. Walton Lillehei, would perform the first open-heart

surgery.

Modern car of the 1950s

Modern television of the 1950s

I Love Lucy reflected the role of women in society in the 1950s. With the

help of Mamie, the Eisenhower campaign was shown as a strong

foundation.

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I Love Lucy

Suburbs of the 1950sMany wealthy moved out of the city

Many families were moving to the suburbs and with

televisions and cars less expensive, information was

easier to gain and commuting to a job quicker.

Common American household gathered around the television

Poverty in the US was very high

but Eisenhower

made adjustments to fix this problem.

Poor families lived in deprived city apartments

Percent of Americans below Poverty:

Eisenhower’s plan for poverty:

-support government spending

-expand Social Security benefits

-raise the minimum wage

Korean War

US MarinesDecember 1950

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U.S. bombs drop on railway bridges at Seoul in early July, 1950

Koreans were removed from their homes because of the bombs

Extremely crowded POW enclosures on Koje-do

U.S. ordinance teams detonate great stocks of American ammunition at Hungnam

The National

Association for the Advance

ment of Colored

People (NAACP) wanted

integrated schools and many civil right movements began

in the 1950s.

People protesting school systems

McCarthyism in the USA

Senator Joseph McCarthy of

Wisconsin made multiple speeches

to end anticommunism

and known communist party members working

in the State Department.

The Internal Security Act (a.k.a. the McCarran Act)

-Communist members/organizations

-Could not become citizens-Possibly prevented from entering

or leaving the country-Citizen members could be

denaturalized in 5 years

Senator McCarthy (right) meeting with Republican candidate Eisenhower (left)

Political cartoon referring to

McCarthyism

“Vote as you

please, but VOTE!”

Eisenhower greeting the media

Democratic candidate

Stevenson’s election poster:-compared the

1932 presidency to

the 1952-displayed

himself as a Roosevelt

Supporters of Eisenhower

“I Like Ike”

Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson

Party Republican Democratic

Home state New York Illinois 

Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman

Electoral vote 442 89

States carried 39 9

Popular vote 34,075,529 27,375,090

Percentage 55.2% 44.3%

1952 Election Results

1970s

The Godfather is a 1972

American gangster film based on

the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo and

directed by Francis Ford Coppola

The Pierre Hotel 1930

New York City, NY

Vietnam War

1959-1975

US Soldier

US tank in combat

US planes bombing Vietnam

Troops in combat

US helicopters flying over Vietnam

Protesting the

Vietnam War

Vietnam Veterans Memorial1982Constitution GardensWashington, DC

The Watergate Scandal-CREEP (Committee to Re-elect

President)-break ins into the Democratic National

Committee headquarters-Watergate Hotel, Washington, DC

Watergate Hotel

Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern

Party Republican Democratic

Home state California South Dakota

Running mate Spiro Agnew Thomas Eagleton

Electoral vote 520 17

States carried 49 1 + DC

Popular vote 47,168,710 29,173,222

Percentage 60.7% 37.5%

1972 Election Results