The Soviet threat continued to loom, propelling Eisenhower squarely into a second term. He had endeared himself to the American public as a strong anti-communist president, a decorated war hero who would keep America strong, prosperous, and triumphant.
Eisenhower's fiscal and domestic policies reflected his rather un-Republican belief in social services. Eisenhower expanded the Social Security program, raised the minimum wage, supported low-income housing projects, and created the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Among his most significant domestic legacies was his commissioning of the nationwide highway system. Eisenhower was truly a Car Culture president who helped make American culture into what it is today.
In spite of his support for social programs, Eisenhower failed to become a civil rights leader. He was "at best a tepid supporter of civil rights" who actually opposed school integration (Miller Center of Public Affairs). Eisenhower's stagnation and lack of leadership in this primary area of domestic policy remains one of his key failures as president. Just as he half-heartedly supported McCarthy's rabid anti-communist policies, Eisenhower also hedged his bets on Civil Rights. The President could have stood firmly behind the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision but instead he avoided any comment on the ruling. Most likely "his silence encouraged resistance to school desegregation," (Miller Center of Public Affairs).
Eisenhower's leadership skills seemed their strongest during the early half of his career, when he slowly rose through the ranks of the American military to become the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces and the Supreme Commander of NATO. For a man from Texas whose performance at West Point was mediocre, his achievements seem even more significant. Eisenhower's tenure...
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