Dwight D Eisenhower Accomplishments

Jake Wear

Mrs. Constanzo

US History Period 7

President Research Paper

Dwight D. Eisenhower For my President research paper, I chose to do the 34th President of the United States of America, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dwight David Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas. Many sources say that Dwight D. Eisenhower’s name at birth was David Dwight Eisenhower. Supposedly a short time after Eisenhower’s birth his mom switched is first and middle name(Britannica Editors). In 1945, Eisenhower was appointed the U.S. Army chief of staff, that made Eisenhower the first Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also known as NATO, in 1951. Then, in 1952 Eisenhower was elected the President of the United States. During

Eisenhower has so many incredible accomplishments during his presidency, all of which follow. Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also known as NASA, a civilian space agency responsible for the space program, as well as aeronautics and space research.(Britannica Reeves) President Eisenhower signed into law the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, allowing for the building of the Interstate Highway System, a network of control-accessible highways. Eisenhower sponsored and signed the Civil Rights Bill of 1957, which was the first civil rights bill signed into law since the Reconstruction era. He passed this mostly to try and guarantee that all Americans would be allowed the right to vote, but even though Eisenhower attempted with a good fight, Congress amended the bill and weakened the effects of it. Eisenhower also ended the Korean War. At the time the Eisenhower was the president-elect and he visited Korea to assess the situation of the Korean War. He then used threats of a nuclear attack to convince China to come to terms with him, saying that if the Chinese failed to reach an agreement with the U.S. that it would lead to bad consequences, the Bomb being dropped. President Eisenhower considered ending the Korean was his greatest accomplishment during his time as the President of the United States. Multiple times America seemed to be on the verge of war, countries around us were threatening to drop the Bomb. But

Eisenhower was level minded and very calm in all of his situations, allowing him to think clearly and try to make the best decision he thought he could. During Eisenhower’s presidency the economy was growing bigger and better than it had in a long time, American industry seemed to skyrocket. Also at this time Eisenhower enabled the large growth of the American middle class. Despite a couple of wars, Eisenhower seemed to be good at keeping the U.S out of wars. While the 1950s had their flaws, like every other time period, they are considered a great period of time, and all of this is given credit to a great standing in office(“Dwight D.