Dwight D. Eisenhower    

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States. He was born October 14, 1890 and died March 28, 1969. On January 20, 1953, Eisenhower came into office. He served two terms, which ended January 20, 1961.

            Eisenhower’s military career began as a temporary lieutenant colonel in World War I. Later, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor he was asked to help plan for war with Japan and Germany, and he accepted. He was then appointed head of European Theatre of Operations and sent to England. Then, in 1942 President Roosevelt appointed Eisenhower as Allied commander of the invasion of northwest Africa. Eisenhower appointed Jean-Francoise Darlan ad political head of French North Africa. The success of Operation Torch promoted Eisenhower to full general and he organized the invasion of Sicily.

            In 1943, Eisenhower was put in charge for the invasion of Italy. On September 23, Eisenhower and Piertro Badoglio signed the Italian surrender aboard a ship called Nelson. Eisenhower’s success as a military man got him promoted to head of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force and was responsible for the invasion of Europe called Operation Overlord, which was successful. Eisenhower served as US member of the Allied Commission governing Germany, briefly after the war. In 1945, Eisenhower took over as US Army Chief of Staff. Eisenhower retired from the army in 1948. Eisenhower returned to Europe as Supreme Commander of NATO in 1951. In 1952, Eisenhower was approached for being a Republican Party candidate and accepted, defeating the Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson.

            Eisenhower’s first term as president revolved around the oil industry. Eisenhower had some suspicion about a bill that was passed with the senate and he vetoed it saying in his diary that there was some possible lobbying. In Eisenhower’s second term, he tried to segregate schools.

            I chose Dwight Eisenhower because he is a president that I am not that familiar with. I also thought he was interesting because he segregated some schools and was the president who began that. What drew me to him was my unfamiliarity. With the information I found, I am even more interested because he had a very prestige military career before he was president. I am looking forward to learning more about him.

            During the 1890s in America many things were going on. Africa-Americans were being lynched by white Southerners, and Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah became the 43rd, 44th, and 45th states. In Europe the Eiffel Tower is completed, the first Sino-Japanese war takes place, and Ghana is captured by Great Britain. During the 1950s, the Korean War begins, a Japanese peace treaty is signed in San Francisco by 49 nations, and Sputnik is launched. During the 1960s the first American goes into space, President Kennedy is assassinated, and Martin Luther King Jr. is killed. Many important things happened during Eisenhower’s lifetime.

            Eisenhower influence economics by investing in the oil industry and car industry.  Eisenhower helped make a non-Communist government in South Vietnam. He made it to that America was more peacefully involved in world issues such as not being involved in the Cold War. I think Eisenhower was a great president who was able to influence America in a very positive way.

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Due: October 15, 2009

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