1952 Election

• (D) Adlai Stevenson– Very bright, very

academic– Did not relate to

people well

* (R) Dwight Eisenhower

VP – Richard Nixon

•“I like Ike”

Eisenhower• Went to Korea, brought

troops home• 1956 Interstate Highway

Act• “Brinksmanship” foreign

Policy w/ USSR– Tough stand … “to the

brink of war”

•Support for Civil Rights

•Support was, at times, reluctant

•Baby Boom

•Rock and Roll

1956 – Different election … same guys … same result

Ike and Nixon

Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver

The Baby Boom• Generation born between

1947 – 1963• Largest generation in

U.S. history• Peak in 1957 … 1 baby

born every 7 seconds• Reasons?

– Men returning from War– Younger marriage age– Prosperity– Culture– Medicine and Science