The events and countries involved in the nuclear arms race are profiled. Text plus a colored graphic flowchart make the topic visually appealing and of interest to both students and educators.

Complete biographies and photos of all past presidents.

This exhibition explores the rich history of select individuals, parties, events, and movements that have influenced US presidential elections from the outside-outside Washington politics, outside the two-party system, and outside the...

Biographical account of Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Jr. appointed by Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. He was considered to be one of the most influential liberal justices to ever serve on the Supreme Court.

This lesson asks learners to identify the strengths of Eisenhower's persuasive speech about military spending. A link to the audio version of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's speech "Chance for Peace" on April 16, 1953.

Scroll down to 17 August for links to information about the Allies and German attack on Southern Italy during WWII.

This interactive site looks at presidential inaugurations from the first, George Washington to the present. Primary documents are included.

Discusses the creation of the interstate highway system by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.

Read about the dangers of paranoia when exercised by people of power. The witch-hunting of the McCarthy era made rash and false accusations against supposed Communist sympathizers that affected many lives.

Biography of John Foster Dulles provides details of his life and rise to prominence in the U.S. Government.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), while focusing on his contributions to the Civil Rights, features a letter written by Jackie Robinson to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The letter responded to Presidential Civil...

Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1956 won by Dwight D. Eisenhower, a rematch of the 1952 election.

Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1952 won by Dwight D. Eisenhower in a landslide, ending 20 consecutive years of Democratic control of the White House.

Ohio History Central gives brief discussion about the purpose of the Interstate Highway Act and its ramifications in American commerce.

A brief look at American life and politics in the 1950s with an increase in consumerism and fear of the Soviet Union.

Interesting information, history, and facts on the Interstate Highway System that began a new road culture making travel faster, easier, and safer.

Informative article on the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that was intended to protect the right of African Americans to vote.

Comprehensive overview details SEATO, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, that was formed in 1954. It was intended to be the Southeast Asian version of NATO.

Comprehensive overview details the 1955 Warsaw Pact, signed by the Soviets and its 7 communist 'satellite nations'.

Comprehensive overview and detailed facts about Brown vs Board of Education, a 1954 Supreme Court case won by NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall against school segregation.

Detailed facts and a summary on the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed as a Civil Rights non-violent protest group in 1957.

Learn detailed facts about the Little Rock Nine crisis, the refusal to admit 9 African American students to the racially segregated Little Rock Central High in Arkansas in 1957.

Provides detailed facts and a summary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a protest against segregation on public buses that began on December 1, 1955. It was led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Detailed facts and an overview of the 1960 U-2 Incident when an American U2 spy plane piloted by Gary Powers was shot down over Russia.