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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the U.S. think of Russia's motives for the conference?
(a) They were hidden.
(b) They were inconsequential.
(c) They did not trust them.
(d) They were pure.

2. What was the lasting effect of Eisenhower's medical problem?
(a) Reversal of syllables in long words.
(b) Numbness on one side.
(c) Difficulty walking.
(d) Not able to feel his hand.

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

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

5. What happened after Eisenhower requested American scientists have access to more test sites in Soviet Russia?
(a) Stalin threatened Eisenhower.
(b) Poutin stopped the conference.
(c) Khrushchev stopped the conference.
(d) Khrushchev accepted the request.

6. What was lost at the end of the senate hearing on Communism?
(a) The plans for the H bomb.
(b) Eisenhower's will to continue being President.
(c) All traces of Oppenheimer.
(d) McCarthy's credibility.

7. Who would the U.S. support if France and Britain did not agree to a cease fire, in Chapter 17?
(a) Iran.
(b) Germany.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Iraq.

8. What did Eisenhower feel about other possible presidential contenders?
(a) They did not know the Russians like he did.
(b) They could not beat Nixon.
(c) They were not smart enough to be president.
(d) They could use the atom bomb too easily.

9. When did the British sign the cease fire in Egypt?
(a) November 5, 1957.
(b) They never signed a cease fire.
(c) 2 days after Eisenhower was sworn into office.
(d) The day of the 1956 presidential election.

10. Where did Eisenhower move after leaving the White House, in Chapter 22?
(a) The family's Gettysburg farm.
(b) A house in Seattle.
(c) A resort in Florida.
(d) Arkansas.

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

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

13. What did Eisenhower come to the conclusion of concerning the H bomb?
(a) Oppenheimer hid the results of the project.
(b) Oppenheimer stalled its development.
(c) Oppenheimer did his best.
(d) Oppenheimer sold secrets to the Russians.

14. What agency did Eisenhower decide to create?
(a) NORAD.
(b) CIA.
(c) NASA.
(d) SAC.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in Russia in late 1957?

2. Who was next to Eisenhower at the end of his life?

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

4. What would the Republicans have preferred instead of an armistice?

5. What did Eisenhower think was more important than what the military was asking for?

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