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After President Roosevelt, have any of the presidents been effective in their time of presidency? Many people believe that, since the time of Roosevelt’s presidency, there have been no presidents who have had any sort of effect on the country as a whole. The most effective president since 1948 was President Eisenhower, because he sponsored and signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956; he balanced the budget; and he ended the Korean War.
Some people believe that Eisenhower was ineffective during his presidency. Their main reason for believing this is the fact that Eisenhower chose not to publicly criticize Joseph McCarthy. By not publicly confronting McCarthy, Eisenhower gave him more time in a powerful position. Eisenhower chose to denounce McCarthy in his own way:
Eisenhower privately despised McCarthy, and he worked behind the scenes with congressional leaders to erode McCarthy's influence. Eisenhower’s indirect tactics eventually worked, but they also prolonged the......

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