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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was the National Guard called in Arkansas in September 1957?
(a) To fight students who were rioting.
(b) To help block access to Central High School to African American students.
(c) To guard the body of the assassinated governor.
(d) The help African American students go to class.

3. What happened in Russia in late 1957?
(a) They sent a dog to space.
(b) The detonated their first H bomb.
(c) They sent a man to space.
(d) They sent Sputnik into orbit.

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

5. What was the topic of the conference in which the Russians agreed to participate in 1958?
(a) Prisoner exchange.
(b) Space flight.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Talk about supervision of nuclear weapons testing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower think of the next President and the relationship with the Russians?

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

3. Who jumped in the Presidential race of 1969?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened between Eisenhower and the French?

2. What was Eisenhower's main fear, in Chapter 15?

3. What happened in September 1955 and what did Eisenhower reconsider?

4. How did Eisenhower react to the bill passed by the Supreme Court?

5. What was significant about Berlin, in Chapter 20?

6. Who was Khruschev and why was he significant?

7. Where did Eisenhower go and what did he need to do, in Chapter 22?

8. Who was with Eisenhower when he passed away?

9. What happened to the canal and Eisenhower on the same day?

10. What happened between Eisenhower, the British, and the French, according to Chapter 17?

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