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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Eisenhower thinking of during his recovery?
(a) If he should run for president in 1956.
(b) If he could beat the Russians with a pre-emptive strike.
(c) If the Soviets knew about the U-2 flights.
(d) If the U.S. military could win in Germany.

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

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

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

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

6. How many heart attacks did Eisenhower suffer while hospitalized?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

8. What did Eisenhower do in secrecy so as not to attract McCarthy's attention?
(a) Removed Oppenheimer from the H bomb project.
(b) Promoted Fermi.
(c) Had Oppenheimer exchanged for American agents.
(d) Promoted Oppenheimer.

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

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

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

12. How did Eisenhower see the signature of the armistice?
(a) As a defeat.
(b) As a reason to consider resignation.
(c) As one of his proudest achievements.
(d) As a personal shame.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Eisenhower in September 1955?

2. Why did the U.S. military want more money?

3. What did the Soviets think of Eisenhower's proposal, according to Chapter 13?

4. What agency did Eisenhower decide to create?

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

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