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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who occasionally called Eisenhower for advice?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Lyndon Johnson.

4. Who did the British agree to turn the canal over to after negotiating with Eisenhower?
(a) NATO.
(b) The U.S.
(c) Israel.
(d) Russia.

5. What did Eisenhower vow to uphold in the civil rights movement?
(a) Supreme Court Ruling.
(b) The right to segregation.
(c) A state court ruling.
(d) The right to lynching.

6. Who was the senate hearing interviewing at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) Actors.
(b) Army personnel.
(c) Journalists.
(d) School teachers.

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

8. What Iranian prime minister did Eisenhower conflict with?
(a) Hiristanish.
(b) Algemabad.
(c) Mossadegh.
(d) Said.

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

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

11. How much of the Iranian oil did the U.S. secure after the involvement of the CIA?
(a) 95%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 90%.

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

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

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

15. What was Eisenhower's last order to his son and grandson?
(a) To scatter his ashes at sea.
(b) To lift him to a sitting position.
(c) To leave the room.
(d) To close his eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower promise the American people in 1951 if he was elected, according to Chapter 13?

2. What was Eisenhower's reaction to the Soviet's answer to his proposal?

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

4. What did Eisenhower try to convince Nixon of?

5. Who jumped in the Presidential race of 1969?

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