Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Domino Theory Principle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
President Eisenhower's news conference of April 7, 1954, with questions and answers. Includes the complete interview.
Other
Texas Historical Commission: Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site
The official site of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's birthplace, in Denison, Texas gives visitors a look at the premises. With useful backgrounders on his life and career: a brief bio, an image gallery, a guide to the site, and a brief...
PBS
Pbs Character Above All: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Essay by Stephen Ambrose covering Dwight Eisenhower's life and career. The essay explores ways in which Eisenhower's character shaped his decisions.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Sample Persuasive Speech
This lesson asks students 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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Eisenhower Era
Learn about Eisenhower's domestic and foreign policies.
Other
Southwestern Academy: Eisenhower's Foreign Policy [Pdf]
A well-organized look at President Eisenhower's Cold War policies throughout his two terms as president. Find out about his policies toward the USSR, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Veto of the Second Housing and Urban Renewal Bill
Read the text of President Eisenhower's letter to the Senate in which he lays out his reasons for vetoing a housing bill. See the specifics he gives that he feels would improve the bill and allow him to sign it.
Other
Phs: Section 4: Eisenhower's Cold War Policies [Pdf]
A chapter from a Glencoe textbook which covers Eisenhower's Cold War actions. Read about his ideas for massive retaliation, the military hardware necessary for the Cold War, the international crises occurring during his presidency, and...
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: State of the Union Addresses and Messages
This site compiles all of the State of the Union addresses and messages by all the presidents in U.S. history (except William Henry Harrison and James A. Garfield).
ibiblio
Ibiblio: American Commands of Dwight D. Eisenhower
This site from ibiblio offers details of President Eisenhower's assignments as general during WWII.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Statement on the Eisenhower Doctrine
Fordham University discusses the address given by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Congress on the policy of the United States in the Middle East countries.
Library of Congress
Loc: Portraits of the Presidents & First Ladies
A collection from the Library of Congress of formal and informal portraits of the US presidents and their first ladies.
Library of Congress
Loc: Herblock's Presidents
Historically significant collection of political cartoons featuring U.S. Presidents from Library of Congress online teacher-student resources.
US National Archives
Nara: Letter From Jackie Robinson
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...
Digital History
Digital History: The Military Industrial Complex
Beginning with George Washington, presidents have used their farewell address to look back on their experience in office and to offer the public practical advice. In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said that a high...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Desegregation at Little Rock Central High School
When state and local authorities fail to uphold the Federal Court orders for integration at Central High School, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to enforce those orders. Using an array of photos and primary source...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Eisenhower National Historical Site
At the online arm of the Eisenhower National Historic Site, a home and farm purchased by Eisenhower in 1950, find information about Eisenhower's life, the plant and animal species that live there, park operations, and similar types of...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Military Industrial Complex Speech Eisenhower
This is a speech given by President Eisenhower during the last days of his administration. In it, he cautions against the growing power and influence of the American military-industrial complex. A great primary source that still contains...
US National Archives
Our Documents: National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)
This great resource gives the history of building interstate highways as far back as the Roosevelt administration. Find out why President Eisenhower thought a system of interstate highways was so important to the U.S. economy and defense.
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Apollo to the Moon
This resource offers an in-depth exploration of the U.S. space program and the role President John F. Kennedy took in setting the agenda for manned space flight to the moon.
White House Historical Association
The White House Historical Association: The Presidents
Complete biographies and photos of all past presidents.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Eisenhower National Historic Site: Presidency
Learn about the ways in which Eisenhower's presidency and personality mirrored the country as a whole during the years he was president (1952-1960). Includes many artifacts of the era, such as campaign paraphernalia and articles of...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Eisenhower's Approach
Read a brief overview of the goals and accomplishments of President Eisenhower's domesitic policies.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: State of the Union Address, 1955
A transcript of President Eisenhower's State of the Union address where he focused on the anti-communist initiative on behalf of the United States.