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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eisenhower try to convince Nixon of?
(a) Take himself off the 1956 ticket.
(b) Abandon politics.
(c) Run for President.
(d) Give the money he stole back.

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

3. How much surplus did the U.S. have in 1960?
(a) 34 million.
(b) 2 billion.
(c) 750 million.
(d) 1 billion.

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

5. What was France trying to get the U.S. to help with?
(a) It's relationship with Germany.
(b) An economic situation.
(c) A submarine program.
(d) The fight in Vietnam.

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

7. How did Nixon respond to Eisenhower's request concerning the 1956 election?
(a) He stalled.
(b) He accepted.
(c) He refused.
(d) He tried to mount Kennedy against Eisenhower.

8. What simple things did Eisenhower need to relearn?
(a) Dialing a phone and typing.
(b) Telling the truth.
(c) Not asking for the impossible.
(d) Not barking orders.

9. What did Eisenhower think of the next President and the relationship with the Russians?
(a) Peace would not be the next President's main focus.
(b) The next President would have to be strong.
(c) The next President could not be Communist.
(d) The next President could not hesitate to launch the missiles.

10. How long did it take for Eisenhower to sign an armistice with the KPA?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

11. 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 could use the atom bomb too easily.
(d) They were not smart enough to be president.

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

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

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

15. Who jumped in the Presidential race of 1969?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Ford.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Eisenhower win over in the presidential election of 1956?

2. What did Eisenhower do in secrecy so as not to attract McCarthy's attention?

3. Who did Eisenhower's investigation on Communist influence single out?

4. How did Eisenhower see the signature of the armistice?

5. Who was the senate hearing interviewing at the start of Chapter 14?

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