Desegregation in education-The Little Rock Nine

The Little Rock Nine are nine famous black students that were the first blacks to attend Central High, an integrated school in Arkansas. After word got out about them starting school they started to get threats. They were also blocked on the first day by mobs of angry white people. The governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, even used the National Guard to keep the kids from entering. When the students were finally able to get inside using a back way, they were forced out by the mobs. Woodrow Mann, the mayor of Little Rock then took things into his own hands, and told me about what was going on.

When I heard about Orval Faubus using the National Guard, I granted Mann's wish and sent my own guards to protect the students and enforce integration. The next day, the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army were there to escort the Little Rock Nine in to school, and they completed the whole day of school. The division also each took one kid, and followed them around school to protect them as best they could. However, the students were still spit on, kicked, tripped, called horrible names, and beat up by white students. Luckily, someone was there for Melba Pattillo when acid was thrown in her eyes, to wash it out. The other precautions that I took to help the Little Rock Nine was to take the National Guard from Faubus' hands and have a meeting with him, where I told him not to interfere with the Supreme Court.

By Katie Orton

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Interstate System

One of my biggest accomplishments was creating the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defence Highways. It is more commonly known is the Interstate system. The Interstate is 46,508 miles long. It is a system of road that go throughout the United States and pass through the states. It is called the Interstate because it connects all of the states together (inter-state). I was behind the creation of the Interstate, so it was named after me from my contributions.


The Interstate has made it possible to travel through all the states and caused a big increase in the car business and in the amount of road trips for vacations. This increased our economy and did a lot to help the United States. It has made travel easier and has made deliveries faster. The risk of accidents is also lower. The risk of fatality rate is 60% lower than the rest of the system. Another good part of the Interstate is it has caused travel to be faster and due to the higher speeds on the roads. Overall, the Interstate has helped the United States a lot, and was a huge highlight of my presidency.

By Kendall Wood

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Eisenhower Military Background

During forty years of serving in the military I was in World War I and World War II. I also went to school in the military. Although my parents were against it, they respected my choice and my education. During WWI I trained tank crews, but never fought because my authorities didn't want to risk my getting killed, since I was very valuable. Other tank leaders like George S. Patton and he was one of the main reasons why I remained interested in tank warfare. Around 1927 and the early 1930's I joined the peacetime Army, where I stayed even though many friends of mine resigned. Before World War II I also learned to fly, but I never became a pilot for the military. Although I was never really recognized (my leading capabilities had been noticed, but not seriously) things started to turn around during the next war,


After World War I, I studied with Fox Connor about military history and strategies. I was Connor's executive officer, and I am very grateful to his advice, and I believe that he is the one that got me started thinking the way I do now. During World War two I was moved up until I reached General of the Army. Perhaps you would be interested to know some of the reasons I was given this title. Well, one big thing that got me continuously promoted was my leadership and organizational skills, which where eventually seen by George C. Marshall, the Chief of Staff General in charge of Operations Division, while I worked as the Assistant Chief of Staff. I also helped with the invasion of Sicily and the invasion of the Italian mainland. More importantly, I believe, is when I was serving for the General Staff in Washington, right after the attack on Pearl Harbor. That was when I made the "major war plans" to defeat Germany and Japan. Soon after that I was appointed Deputy Chief in charge of Pacific Defenses under the command of General Leonard T. Gerow, who was the Chief of War Plans Division.


By Katie Orton

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Space Race - United States vs. Soviet Union

During my presidency, I had to deal with the worsening of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Russian Government launched the Sputnik and it caused the United States to be unsettled. At the time, space race was a huge competition between all of the big countries and at this point in time, the Russians were winning. I was deeply interested in using space technology for national security purposed. I also believed that the missile gap between the United States and the Soviet Union is nonexistent. I didn't tell the American people this, but the demand for me to do something was overwhelming.

In April 1958, I proposed to congress that we have a National Aeronautics and Space Organization, to help the United States along in the space race. This program was a huge success. With a new space program in effect we could work more freely and have a bigger and better place to work. It helped our country become a bigger threat in the space race and a bigger contender in the race to the moon. Even though the space programs didn't work immediately, but in the long run, it has helped the United States greatly.

By Kendall Wood

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

My name is Dwight D. Eisenhower. I am the 34th president of the United States. I am the only president to be born in the 19th century (October 14, 1890). I am the first and only president to have served in both World Wars. I went to the United States Military Academy and the Army War College. I have a lovely wife, Mamie, and two sons, Doud and John. Doud passed away from scarlet fever at the age of four. John is still alive and well. I am a Republican, born and raised in Denison, TX. Another interesting fact about me is I am the only president that is licenced to fly an airplane. These are some interesting facts about me. Over the course of this blog, we will be discussing some of the interesting things that I did during my Presidency.