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Ike’s Legacy at Home. Ike had never voted before. Chose Nixon as his running mate. Why? Ike was well respected as a general and soon as a politician. He appointed business leaders as advisors and he trusted them. 1952. Encouraged hydroelectricity and nuclear power plants
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Ike had never voted before. • Chose Nixon as his running mate. Why? • Ike was well respected as a general and soon as a politician. • He appointed business leaders as advisors and he trusted them. 1952
Encouraged hydroelectricity and nuclear power plants • Atomic Energy Act of 1954 • Created NASA • Minimum from $.75 to $1 • Used $32 Billion and eminent domain to build an interstate system. • Why? • Charts on page 654. His Legacy