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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. What did the Soviets think of Eisenhower's proposal, according to Chapter 13?
(a) They rejected it.
(b) They studied it.
(c) The accepted it.
(d) They made a counter proposal.

2. What did the U.S. and the Soviets agree on at the end of the summit?
(a) That Britain should not take sides for either of them.
(b) That they did trust each other.
(c) Both countries could be destroyed if nuclear weapons were used.
(d) That France was a loose canon.

3. What was Eisenhower's son's name?
(a) Frank.
(b) John.
(c) David.
(d) Mark.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Eisenhower's reaction to the Soviet's answer to his proposal?

3. What did Eisenhower think an armistice was, according to Chapter 13?

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

5. Who occasionally called Eisenhower for advice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened during a U-2 flight prior to a summit in Paris?

4. What backfired, according to Chapter 18?

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

6. What did Eisenhower tell Johnson?

7. What happened to Eisenhower in November 1957, as discussed in Chapter 19?

8. In Chapter 18, why did Sputnik evoke fear in the American people?

9. What happened between Eisenhower and the French?

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

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