The Cold War was a time of fear for the American people in the aftermath of World War II, but it was also a key period in which several presidents initiated and led various programs to fight communism, both at home and abroad. President Eisenhower was elected in 1952 and the various actions he took during his two terms in office both alleviated and increased American fears related to the problems of the Cold War. Eisenhower's policies and programs during the Cold War included MAD and McCarthyism, which caused domestic fears, brinkmanship, and the creation of highways to transport military equipment across the 1956 Federal Highway in the event of a foreign war, and the creation of NASA and National Defense Education. Act of 1958 for a technology race with the Soviet Union. President Eisenhower implemented policies to keep communism and communist threats of war out of the United States, but these policies caused much fear among the American people regarding Soviet bombing and communist spies. One of these appalling policies was McCarthyism, started by US Senator Joseph McCarthy, which involved blaming innocent people for communist activity in America, and President Eisenhower did not stop this incrimination of innocent US citizens. Eisenhower states in Document A that investigators implementing McCarthyism or working for groups such as HUAC (House Un-American Activity Committee) were spreading hysteria among Americans, as they feared spies and deception, as well as being accused as such by people who implemented McCarthyism. . The paranoia of being considered or accused of being communist has caused a great deal of conformity among Americans to appear “normal,” as well as a return to religion and traditional family values. Desp... half the paper... harmful. Eisenhower's MAD programs and admission of McCarthyism were harmful to life in America, as they increased fear and had minimal effects on fighting communism abroad. Brinkmanship was useful in avoiding war with the Soviet Union, but it also increased domestic fear of bombs and death, while Eisenhower's creation of national highways was a huge economic and travel boon for Americans at home, as well as providing a way to fight Communism through the transportation of weapons and use as fighter jet runways. Finally, Eisenhower's creation of NASA and the National Defense Education Act was effective in creating and educating space and scientific technology to oppose the Soviets, while his spending on missile programs enabled research and manufacturing and also produced weapons with to fight communism in war. against the Soviet Union.