WorksheetsEisenhower
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which president made good on his promise to end the Korean War?
a)
President Truman
b)
President MacArthur
c)
President Eisenhower
d)
President Marshall
2.
Which president chose not to run for re-election in 1952 because he had little support?
a)
President Truman
b)
President Eisenhower
c)
President MacArthur
d)
President Nixon
3.
The Republicans chose this man for their candidate in the 1952 election.
a)
Adlai Stevenson
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
Harry Truman
4.
The offer of military aid to any Middle Eastern country resisting communism was known as the
a)
Marshall Plan.
b)
Eisenhower Doctrine.
c)
Truman Doctrine.
d)
Baruch Plan.
5.
The world was pushed to the "brink" of war in the 1955-6
a)
Suez Crisis.
b)
Hungarian uprising.
c)
Polish reform.
d)
Arab-Israeli War.
6.
This was established to gather strategic military and political information from overseas.
a)
FBI
b)
National Defense Administration
c)
National Security Council
d)
CIA
7.
In 1959, the US and Soviet Union agreed to meet in 1960 to discuss arms reduction but it was canceled because of
a)
the Red Scare.
b)
Sputnik.
c)
U-2 incident.
d)
Space Race.
8.
Sputnik in 1957 and the Explorer I in 1958 were the first satellites in space launched by which countries respectively?
a)
US; Soviet Union
b)
China; Soviet Union
c)
Soviet Union; Great Britain
d)
Soviet Union; US
9.
Eisenhower's Secretary of State believed in this policy dealing with communist aggression.
a)
Dulles; Brinkmanship
b)
Marshall; Marshall Plan
c)
Dulles; Containment
d)
Marshall; Brinkmanship
10.
This leader took over the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin.
a)
Lenin
b)
Khrushchev
c)
Gorbachev
d)
Trotsky
11.
This pilot got shot down while flying over the Soviet Union in his spy plane.
a)
Abdel Nasser
b)
John Foster Dulles
c)
Francis Gary Powers
d)
George Marshall
12.
Leader of North Vietnam whose name means "he who enlightens".
a)
Le Duc Tho
b)
Ngo Dien Diem
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Dien Bien Phu
13.
Ngo Dinh Diem who followed this religion became the leader of South Vietnam.
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hindu
c)
Jewish
d)
Roman Catholic
14.
In 1954, the Supreme Court banned racial segregation in public schools in which decision?
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Brown v Board of Education
c)
Miliken v Bradley
d)
Griggs v Duke Power Co
15.
Who sparked the Montgomery Bus boycott by refusing to give up her seat?
a)
Diane Nash
b)
Coretta King
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Myrlie Evers
16.
This president sent 1,000 US troops to enforce desegregation in this city.
a)
Kennedy; Birmingham
b)
Eisenhower; Jackson
c)
Johnson; Selma
d)
Eisenhower; Little Rock
17.
This woman became a leader for this group of southern student activists.
a)
Diane Nash; SCLC
b)
Myrlie Evers; SCLC
c)
Myrlie Evers; SNCC
d)
Diane Nash; SNCC
18.
This 14 year old from Chicago was murdered for saying goodbye to a white woman in Mississippi
a)
Malcolm Little
b)
Emmit Till
c)
Robert Moses
d)
James Chaney
19.
Martin Luther King is going to help create this organization to fight discrimination nonviolently.
a)
SNCC
b)
CORE
c)
SCLC
d)
Black Muslims
20.
First manmade satellite launched was the Soviet
a)
Explorer I
b)
Sputnik
c)
Challenger
d)
Enterprise
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