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

2. 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) Invade Iran.
(d) Give Iran weapons to fight its insurgency.

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

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

5. What did Eisenhower think the U.S. had enough of?
(a) Rockets.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Atomic weapons.
(d) Tanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower promise the American people in 1951 if he was elected, according to Chapter 13?

2. What was Eisenhower's son's name?

3. What did Arkansas do with Central High School in the fall of 1959?

4. What did Eisenhower refuse to do for the French?

5. How did Eisenhower see the signature of the armistice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Eisenhower tell Johnson?

2. What program did Eisenhower design, in Chapter 19?

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

4. What was Eisenhower doing with the U-2 planes in Chapter 21, and why was it significant?

5. In Chapter 14, what happened with Oppenheimer, McCarthy, and Eisenhower?

6. After another heart attack, what did Eisenhower do?

7. Who was Khruschev and why was he significant?

8. In Chapter 15, what did the Supreme Court pass?

9. Who was with Eisenhower when he passed away?

10. What happened about the Supreme Court ruling, in Chapter 16?

(see the answer keys)

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