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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eisenhower try to do with the press during his first term?
(a) Have them shut down.
(b) Have them unsure of where he stands.
(c) Have Mamie off limits.
(d) Have them ignore McCarthy.

2. What was Eisenhower not opposed to, according to Chapter 14?
(a) Hiring Communists for positions of public service.
(b) Trying to disgrace McCarthy.
(c) Ridding government offices of Communists.
(d) Building more nuclear missiles.

3. What did Eisenhower promise the American people in 1951 if he was elected, according to Chapter 13?
(a) To win the Korean War.
(b) To repeal segregation.
(c) To go to Korea to make peace.
(d) To bolster the aid to France in Indochina.

4. What was Eisenhower's reaction to the Soviet's answer to his proposal?
(a) He was not surprised.
(b) He was happy.
(c) He was still hopeful.
(d) He was disappointed.

5. What was more important than being right, according to Eisenhower in Chapter 5?
(a) Getting to Berlin before the Russians.
(b) Liberation of France.
(c) The good relationship with Montgomery.
(d) His friendship with Patton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower do between the time he retired from the army and the time he accepted his next job?

2. Who called for Eisenhower to come to Washington just days after Pearl Harbor?

3. What happened to Eisenhower in September 1955?

4. What was France trying to get the U.S. to help with?

5. What did President Truman ask Eisenhower to do in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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