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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Eisenhower try to do with the press during his first term?
(a) Have them unsure of where he stands.
(b) Have them shut down.
(c) Have them ignore McCarthy.
(d) Have Mamie off limits.
2. Where was Eisenhower's son, John, before being recalled to Washington for his father's inauguration?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Japan.
(c) Korea.
(d) Germany.
3. Who did Eisenhower meet several months before being reassigned to Georgia?
(a) F.D. Roosevelt.
(b) Nimitz.
(c) His future second in command during WWII.
(d) His future wife.
4. What was Eisenhower called by those who wanted him to run for President?
(a) The only man.
(b) The best choice.
(c) The best man.
(d) Second best.
5. When did World War I end?
(a) November 11, 1918.
(b) July 8th, 1918.
(c) October 24, 1918.
(d) May 24, 1918.
6. What was Eisenhower doing while the burnings occurred in his first term?
(a) Supporting the Korean War.
(b) Supporting the French war effort in Indochina.
(c) Supporting the troup buildup in West Germany.
(d) Supporting the stopping of Communist propaganda.
7. What was Eisenhower's date of birth, according to Chapter 1?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1897.
8. What school did Eisenhower attend after high school?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) West Point.
9. Who did Eisenhower try to maintain friendly relations with?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Soviet Russia.
(d) France.
10. Who did Eisenhower struggle with during the invasion of France?
(a) Montgomery and De Gaulle.
(b) Churchill and Brooks.
(c) Montgomery and Brooks.
(d) Churchill and De Gaulle.
11. What was Eisenhower's main academic interest while in college?
(a) English.
(b) History.
(c) Science.
(d) Chemistry.
12. What cost the allies dearly, according to the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Eisenhower's incompetance.
(b) The German counter offensive in the Ardennes.
(c) Patton's insubordination.
(d) Eisenhower's tolerance of Montgomery's insubordination.
13. How was Eisenhower's decision to allow the Bolsheviks to capture the city judged?
(a) It was ignored.
(b) It was widely criticized.
(c) It was accepted.
(d) It was praised.
14. What did Eisenhower think of his new role as president?
(a) He hated it.
(b) He had mix feelings about it.
(c) He could not wait to be back to civilian life again.
(d) He loved it.
15. What did Truman want to propose to Eisenhower before discovering his political loyalties?
(a) To run as Eisenhower's vice president.
(b) To have Eisenhower run as his vice president.
(c) To replace Nixon as vice president.
(d) To have John F. Kennedy run with Eisenhower.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Eisenhower's main non-academic interest while in college?
2. Where was Eisenhower stationed when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941?
3. Who did Chapter 5 say wanted to claim victory in France as his own alone?
4. What did Eisenhower do to the military spending in his first year as President?
5. What was Eisenhower trying to have both sides of the crisis he faced during his first term think?
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