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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 happened to Eisenhower in September 1955?
(a) Eisenhower had a heart attack.
(b) Eisenhower had a stroke.
(c) Eisenhower broke his leg.
(d) Eisenhower broke his arm.

2. What did Arkansas do with Central High School in the fall of 1959?
(a) They reopened the school as segregated.
(b) They rebuilt the school.
(c) They installed an all white security.
(d) They built classes for the African Americans only.

3. Who did Eisenhower pick to be his running mate for the 1952 election, in Chapter 10?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Lidon Johnson.
(d) Harry Taft.

4. What did Eisenhower order the National Guard to do at Little Rock?
(a) To prevent a federal court from meeting.
(b) To prevent a lynch mob from killing.
(c) To block African American access to the school.
(d) To allow African Americans access to the school.

5. What did the U.S. and the Soviets agree on at the end of the summit?
(a) Both countries could be destroyed if nuclear weapons were used.
(b) That France was a loose canon.
(c) That Britain should not take sides for either of them.
(d) That they did trust each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Patton use as leverage to try to influence Eisenhower?

2. How long did Eisenhower take to recuperate, physically?

3. What was Eisenhower too lenient with, according to Chapter 5?

4. What did Eisenhower try to set up to prevent an arms race between the U.S. and the Soviets?

5. What did Arkansas do in September 1958 after the National Guard was recalled?

(see the answer key)

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