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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Arkansas do in September 1958 after the National Guard was recalled?
(a) They fought in court.
(b) They accepted the current situation.
(c) They burned the school.
(d) They closed Central High School.

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

4. Who did Eisenhower want to sign a treaty with in 1958?
(a) West Germany.
(b) England.
(c) East Germany.
(d) France.

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

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

7. Who was Eisenhower starting to investigate during the senate hearing?
(a) Military doctors.
(b) Governors.
(c) Senators.
(d) Military scientists.

8. Why did Eisenhower forget about doing simple things?
(a) Because since 1941 they had been done for him.
(b) His laziness.
(c) Alzheimer's.
(d) His strokes.

9. Who called the National Guard in Arkansas in September 1957?
(a) Governor Fabus.
(b) The state senate.
(c) A black student.
(d) The Arkansas board of education.

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

11. What did Eisenhower think the U.S. had enough of?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Atomic weapons.
(d) Rockets.

12. What idea did Eisenhower come up with to try to lower the threat of nuclear war?
(a) Atoms for Peace.
(b) An international peace treaty.
(c) Improve U.S. ballistic missiles.
(d) The Soyouz Appolo missions.

13. 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) McCarthy's credibility.
(d) All traces of Oppenheimer.

14. What did Eisenhower do to protect American interests in Iran?
(a) Invade Iran.
(b) Take the main port to pressure the Shah.
(c) Give Iran weapons to fight its insurgency.
(d) Oust Mossadegh and return the shah to power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower want to do after his first term was up?

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

3. What did Eisenhower discover quickly after the start of the summit?

4. How did Nixon respond to Eisenhower's request concerning the 1956 election?

5. Who announced his intention not to run for President again?

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