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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Eisenhower want to do after his first term was up?
(a) Try to undermine Nixon.
(b) Run for President again.
(c) Have an ambassador position.
(d) Retire.

3. What did Eisenhower think an armistice was, according to Chapter 13?
(a) A victory.
(b) A way to save face.
(c) A defeat.
(d) A way to stall.

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

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

6. Where did Eisenhower spend his last few days?
(a) At his home.
(b) At the White House.
(c) In Normandy.
(d) At the hospital.

7. What did Eisenhower refuse to do for the French?
(a) Intervene in their internal affairs.
(b) Use the H Bomb on Vietnam.
(c) Give them the back section of a submarine.
(d) Intervene in Algeria.

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

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

10. How long did Eisenhower take to recuperate, physically?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 12 weeks.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

11. What was the lasting effect of Eisenhower's medical problem?
(a) Difficulty walking.
(b) Not able to feel his hand.
(c) Numbness on one side.
(d) Reversal of syllables in long words.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower order the National Guard to do at Little Rock?

2. What did the U.S. think of Russia's motives for the conference?

3. What happened in Russia in late 1957?

4. What simple things did Eisenhower need to relearn?

5. What was Eisenhower happy about after leaving the White House?

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