https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq From U.S Military General to POTUS en-us 2017-11-20 01:42:36 UTC 2025-10-07 10:41:33 UTC hello@padlet.com scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208559950 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the USA. ]]> 2017-11-20 01:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208559950 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208560339 Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, TX]]> 2017-11-20 01:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208560339 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208560692 He was born in Texas but was raised in Kansas. His family was not very rich. He was the 3rd of 7 boys. He loved the outdoors including hiking, fishing, and hunting. ]]> 2017-11-20 01:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208560692 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208561536 One special day he met his mistress Maime Doud from Boone, Iowa. They had a great marriage having 2 sons, Doud and John. Doud died early as a 3 year old with a rare disease. ]]> 2017-11-20 01:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208561536 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208561888 Dwight D. Eisenhower attented West Point Academy. He loved to study English and was involved with many sports]]> 2017-11-20 02:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208561888 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208562406 Before Eisenhower became President, he was an army general for the USA. He was the commanding general during WW2 and the Army Chief of Staff after the war. ]]> 2017-11-20 02:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208562406 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208563007 Eisenhower won the Election of 1956 against Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson with an outstading result of 442 to 89 vote in the Electoral College. ]]> 2017-11-20 02:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208563007 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208563369  Eisenhower insisted on campaigning in the South, refusing to surrender the region to the Democratic Party. The campaign strategy was to focus on attacking the Truman and Roosevelt administrations on Korea, Communism and corruption. He also stressed that the liberation of Eastern Europe should be by peaceful means only.]]> 2017-11-20 02:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208563369 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208563859 Eisenhower's campaign was noted for the simple but effective slogan, "I Like Ike". It was essential to his success that Eisenhower express opposition to Roosevelt's policy at Yalta and against Truman's policies in Korea and China.]]> 2017-11-20 02:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208563859 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208564158 Harry Truman was the President before him. He was a part of the Democratic Party. Eisenhower disliked the Party and chose to run for the Republican Party. ]]> 2017-11-20 02:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208564158 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208564613 Presidency (1953–1961)]]> 2017-11-20 02:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208564613 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208564885 Richard Nixon was Dwight D. Eisenhower's VP. ]]> 2017-11-20 02:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208564885 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208565030 Eisenhower was part of the Republican Party. ]]> 2017-11-20 02:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208565030 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208565212 Eisenhower was assured of an enduring achievement when he championed and signed the bill that authorized the Interstate Highway System in 1956.[139] He justified the project through the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 as essential to American security during the Cold War. It was believed that large cities would be targets in a possible war, hence the highways were designed to facilitate their evacuation and ease military maneuvers.]]> 2017-11-20 02:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208565212 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208565314 At a young age, he almost had to get his leg amputated due to an infected but fought hard to find an alternative way. ]]> 2017-11-20 02:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208565314 scain6719 https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208565710 2017-11-20 02:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/scain6719/945wydcqg1yq/wish/208565710