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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political party was Truman a member of?

2. What was Eisenhower's main academic interest while in college?

3. What was Eisenhower's main non-academic interest while in college?

4. What was Eisenhower trying to do during the first year of his first term?

5. What did Montgomery and Brooks think of Eisenhower?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were Dwight Eisenhower's parents?

2. What did Eisenhower do after he retired from the army?

3. What damaged Eisenhower's British American relations?

4. What did Eisenhower ask of Nixon in Chapter 10?

5. What affected the Allied forces in Chapter 7, and how did this impact Eisenhower?

6. What happened at the Battle at Kasserine, and why was it significant?

7. What was Eisenhower interested in, and how is it significant?

8. What did Eisenhower learn in Chapter 4?

9. In Chapter 3, what role did Eisenhower take on and how did this change his life?

10. What did Eisenhower spend a lot of time doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The arms race between Russia and the U.S started in the years following World War II. Why do you think both sides decided to produce both nuclear and conventional weapons? Use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Eisenhower was credited for having played both sides against the middle in the fight between Patton and Montgomery. Knowing Eisenhower's past and future tendency to not take sides, do you think Eisenhower pitted them against each other or was simply not capable of making a decision? Use the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Khrushchev tried to blackmail Eisenhower into pulling the NATO troops from West Berlin. Do you think Eisenhower's refusal to comply put the world at risk of a nuclear war? Use the text to support your discussion.

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