On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Dwight D. Eisenhower as president. Please explain.?

Answer 1

I'd give this Republican a 9. As our 34th President, he accomplished quite a bit during his two terms in office:

1. Started the Social Security System
2. Ended the Korean War
3. Put pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War
4. Began the interstate highway system
5. Launched the race to space
6. Made defense of our country a priority by establishing nuclear weapons race

Now, if you add that together with his accomplishments during his military career:

1. Supervised the successful invasion of France and Germany as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces
2. Served as the first Supreme Commander of NATO

Then I would give him a 10+ as one of the finest U.S. Citizens our country has ever known.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I'm a democrat (indy) but I would personally rate Eisenhower as a decent president. Decent in the truest sense. He became president after Truman, who was arguably the last progressive, and initially he was crafted by the Republican party as a leader who would undo the New Deal, and counteract the activism of the Democrats. People like Joe McCarthy thought he would submit to his witch hunt, and southern racists thought he would help quell the growing civil rights movement. But he did neither.

He turned out to be his own man. He helped bring McCarthy down and most importantly, though he was an ex-general, he warned the nation against the rise of the military industrial complex.

There could never be another president like Eisenhower. Alas these days, the leaders do the bidding of the cartels. Truman and Eisenhower were both good presidents whose qualities came to be appreciated long after they left office.

Answer 4

6 I believe he was a popular President but only an average President but one to fit the time that we were living . Living with the beginnings of the Cold War , a return to a quiet time that was friendly to business and a change from the policies of the last 20 years. His was a conservatism on both the domestic and foreign fronts except for the possibility of a Secretary of state named avery Dulles who thought of nuclear war was possible. It wassomewhat similiar to the times after WWI with a return to suburbia instead of normalcy.