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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Soviets think of Eisenhower's proposal, according to Chapter 13?
(a) The accepted it.
(b) They studied it.
(c) They rejected it.
(d) They made a counter proposal.

2. What did Eisenhower order the National Guard to do at Little Rock?
(a) To prevent a federal court from meeting.
(b) To allow African Americans access to the school.
(c) To prevent a lynch mob from killing.
(d) To block African American access to the school.

3. Who did Eisenhower win over in the presidential election of 1956?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Stevenson.

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

5. Whose grave did Eisenhower have moved to the plot that he and his wife picked?
(a) Their daughter, Marie.
(b) Their dog, Puffy.
(c) Their son's, Icky.
(d) No grave was moved.

6. What did the U.S. and the Soviets agree on at the end of the summit?
(a) That Britain should not take sides for either of them.
(b) Both countries could be destroyed if nuclear weapons were used.
(c) That France was a loose canon.
(d) That they did trust each other.

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

8. What summit took place in July 1955, according to Chapter 16?
(a) The Paris Summit.
(b) The Geneva Summit.
(c) The Alger Summit.
(d) The Washington Summit.

9. Who would the U.S. support if France and Britain did not agree to a cease fire, in Chapter 17?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Germany.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Iran.

10. What did Eisenhower refuse to do, despite Khrushchev's ultimatum?
(a) Remove NATO troops from West Berlin.
(b) Remove its nuclear missiles from Turkey.
(c) Decommission half of its bomber fleet.
(d) Decommission its nuclear submarine.

11. Who did Eisenhower conflict with in the recent years, according to Chapter 14?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) MacArthur.

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

13. What would the Republicans have preferred instead of an armistice?
(a) Withdrawal; but continue funding South Korea.
(b) A victory.
(c) Continuing the war.
(d) Install a dictatorial regime in South Korea.

14. What did the U.S. think of Russia's motives for the conference?
(a) They did not trust them.
(b) They were pure.
(c) They were inconsequential.
(d) They were hidden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eisenhower's last order to his son and grandson?

2. How long did it take for Eisenhower to sign an armistice with the KPA?

3. What was Eisenhower's main concern during 1958?

4. Where did Eisenhower spend his last few days?

5. What did Eisenhower do to protect American interests in Iran?

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