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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eisenhower do to the military spending in his first year as President?
(a) He delegated its calculation to Joe Fox.
(b) He increased it.
(c) He cut it.
(d) He tried to keep it the same.

2. What did Patton use as leverage to try to influence Eisenhower?
(a) His friendship with Eisenhower.
(b) Money.
(c) Patton's relationship with the president.
(d) Patton knew Eisenhower made a mistake in Kessering.

3. What happened on November 1, 1952?
(a) Nixon was elected President.
(b) Eisenhower had his first heart attack.
(c) Eisenhower lost the presidential election.
(d) Eisenhower was elected President.

4. Why was the National Guard called in Arkansas in September 1957?
(a) To fight students who were rioting.
(b) To help block access to Central High School to African American students.
(c) To guard the body of the assassinated governor.
(d) The help African American students go to class.

5. What happened in Russia in late 1957?
(a) The detonated their first H bomb.
(b) They sent Sputnik into orbit.
(c) They sent a dog to space.
(d) They sent a man to space.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was burned at one point of Eisenhower's first term?

2. What did Eisenhower vow to uphold in the civil rights movement?

3. What happened after Eisenhower assumed total command over the land base operations?

4. What postponed the invasion of France for several days?

5. What did the U.S. and the Soviets agree on at the end of the summit?

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