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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eisenhower refuse to do, despite Khrushchev's ultimatum?
(a) Decommission half of its bomber fleet.
(b) Remove its nuclear missiles from Turkey.
(c) Remove NATO troops from West Berlin.
(d) Decommission its nuclear submarine.

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

3. What did Eisenhower think was more important than what the military was asking for?
(a) Long range bombers.
(b) Submarines.
(c) A balanced budget.
(d) His re-election bid.

4. What was Eisenhower happy about after leaving the White House?
(a) To hunt more often.
(b) To see his grandchild more often.
(c) To be with Mamie again.
(d) To be a free citizen.

5. What advice did Eisenhower give the new President, in Chapter 23?
(a) End the Vietnam War as quickly as possible.
(b) Do not trust Nixon.
(c) To not put too much money in the Apollo programs.
(d) To disband NASA.

6. What was Eisenhower's grandson's name?
(a) Richard.
(b) David.
(c) John.
(d) Jeremiah.

7. What did Chapter 20 say about Eisenhower's dealings with Russia in 1961 and 1962?
(a) He tried to maintain peace.
(b) He tried to trick the Soviets into surrendering.
(c) He groomed his replacement.
(d) He planned for a first strike.

8. What was Eisenhower's son's name?
(a) Mark.
(b) John.
(c) David.
(d) Frank.

9. Who announced his intention not to run for President again?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Kennedy.

10. What did Eisenhower refuse to do for the French?
(a) Give them the back section of a submarine.
(b) Intervene in their internal affairs.
(c) Use the H Bomb on Vietnam.
(d) Intervene in Algeria.

11. What was settled at the end of the Summit?
(a) The prisoner of war problem.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The nuclear testing problem.
(d) Everything.

12. Why did the U.S. military want more money?
(a) To build a carrier fleet.
(b) To build more tanks.
(c) To make more atomic weapons.
(d) To build more rockets.

13. What happened to Eisenhower in November 1957, according to Chapter 19?
(a) He broke an arm.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He suffered a stroke.
(d) He broke his pelvis.

14. What was Eisenhower's main concern during 1958?
(a) The race to the moon.
(b) The arms race with the Russians.
(c) The Russian space program.
(d) The Vietnam war.

15. What did Khrushchev propose to Eisenhower that Eisenhower refused?
(a) A summit in London.
(b) A summit in Ankara.
(c) A summit in Paris.
(d) A summit in Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Soviets think of Eisenhower's proposal, according to Chapter 13?

2. What did Eisenhower think of a nuclear exchange with the USSR?

3. Who did the British agree to turn the canal over to after negotiating with Eisenhower?

4. What happened in Russia in late 1957?

5. Who was Eisenhower starting to investigate during the senate hearing?

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