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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 was Eisenhower trying to do during the first year of his first term?
(a) Balance the budget.
(b) Stop the Korean war.
(c) Put his friends in key positions.
(d) Allocate more money to the military.

2. Where was Eisenhower stationed when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941?
(a) At the 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division.
(b) At the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Division.
(c) At the 7th Mechanized Regiment of the 8nd Division.
(d) At the 6th Mechanized Regiment of the 2nd Division.

3. Who did Eisenhower's investigation on Communist influence single out?
(a) Oppenheimer.
(b) Teller.
(c) Fermi.
(d) Bohm

4. What did Eisenhower realize before deciding to run for President?
(a) Only he could understand Stalin.
(b) The Democrats could not be allowed to win.
(c) There was no Republican ready to handle the situation of the country.
(d) Only he could stop the war in Korea.

5. What were Truman's feelings about Eisenhower after his election?
(a) He was happy for Eisenhower.
(b) He thought Eisenhower made a mistake in choosing Nixon.
(c) He thought Eisenhower was too soft on Communists.
(d) He did not think Eisenhower could handle the presidency.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Eisenhower compare the bureaucracy at his new job to that of the military bureaucracy during the war?

2. What did Eisenhower say he realized in 1948 concerning the Bolsheviks?

3. What idea did Eisenhower come up with to try to lower the threat of nuclear war?

4. What did Eisenhower insist was important to maintain, at the end of Chapter 9?

5. When was Eisenhower supposed to leave for France in 1918?

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