Chapter 28: Quest For Consensus, 1952 - 1960

After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

1. Explain what expectations reflected the American dream and which ones conflicted with it during the 1950s, and describe the choices people made as they tried to fulfill their expectations.
   
   
2. Understand the constraints encountered by Eisenhower and the Republicans in trying to roll back the New Deal and how the outcome reflected what Eisenhower called the "middle path."
   
   
3. Describe how African-American leadership chose to attack de juresegregation in American society during Eisenhower’s administration.
   
   
4. Explain what expectations and constraints were behind Eisenhower’s foreign policy choices and how the "New Look" differed from Truman’s foreign policy.