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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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) Decommission its nuclear submarine.
(d) Remove NATO troops from West Berlin.

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

13. What did Eisenhower promise the American people in 1951 if he was elected, according to Chapter 13?
(a) To repeal segregation.
(b) To win the Korean War.
(c) To bolster the aid to France in Indochina.
(d) To go to Korea to make peace.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Eisenhower hospitalized in 1969?

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

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

4. What did Eisenhower think was more important than what the military was asking for?

5. What did Eisenhower fear would happen because of an increase in military spending?

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