Tengowski

1.  Balanced the Budget
3X
 1956, 1957, & 1960
 GDP Increased by
3%/year
 Inflation remained
between 4 – 6%

2.  National Debt Grew
to $291 Billion
 9% Increase from the
Truman
Administration
 Eisenhower Recession
hit in 1958.
 Drop in Auto Sales
 Drop in New Home
Construction

3.  America was becoming too
liberal
 Too Dependent on others for help!
 Feb. 1953 – Ike abolishes govt.
control over wages
 Ike cut back on military
buildup (10% GDP)
 Block any new expansion of
Social Welfare Programs

4.  Increasing numbers
of illegal aliens in the
1950’s
 US orders
deportation of 1.4
million Mexicans
 Most voluntarily
went back to Mexico
 Others put on boats
or trucks and taken
to Mexican Southern
border
 Ike’s Popularity

6.  In all things that deal
with people, be
liberal.
 In all things that deal
with money, be
conservative.
 Increased Minimum
Wage to $0.90/hour
 Ex. Department of
Health, Education, &
Welfare created
 Designed to help
those at the bottom of
the ladder.

9.  As a soldier in 1919, Ike
was asked to go from
NY to San Francisco w/
a military convoy
 2 Months to do it!!
 In WWII, the autobahn
and its use in defense
also peaked his interest.
 Today, 47,000 miles of
interstates in the US
 Other Uses
 National Defense-1/5
miles must be straight
 Evacuation from natural
disasters

11.  Numbers that are
Even go East and
West
 Ex: I-80, I-70, I-76
 Numbers that are
odd go North and
South
 Ex I-79, I-95
 Interstates that have 3
numbers are special!
 An even number in front
of an interstate means it
connects in 2 places
 Ex: I-279, I-495
 An odd number means
that it connects in 1 place
(Spur)
 Ex: I-579, I-376