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WorksheetsEisenhower
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of these would be counted as the leadership skills of Eisenhower (3)
Quick to anger
Good organiser and inspirational
Not good at public speaking
Mastered detail but not bogged down in it
Good at public relations
Which two of these jobs had previously been held by Eisenhower? (2)
NATO commander
Head of the UN
Supreme allied commander
Vice President
What did 'dynamic conservatism' mean?
Tough on communism liberal on people
Conservative with money, liberal with people
Supportive of business, critical of communism
The G.O.P is an abbreviation of the 'Grand Old Party' which party is this?
Republican
Democrat
What did Eisenhower's K1C2 election strategy stand for?
Korea, Communism and congeniality
Korea, Communism and corruption
Korea, Communism and Critical thinking
Korea, Communism and Conscientiousness
Which of these are traditional beliefs of the Democratic party?
Support for big business
Higher taxation
Federal intervention (i.e. New Deal)
States' rights
Which of these are traditional beliefs of the Republican party?
Lower taxation
Less involvement in people's lives
Heavy involvement in Civil Rights
Protection of state's rights
What is the definition of McCarthyism?
making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism, without any proper regard for evidence
Making accusations using the power of the senate to directly imprison individuals of the state department
making accusations about the state department based on publicly visible evidence and information.
Which of these are reasons for the end of McCarthyism? (3)
Information about privileges given to soldier (Schine) came about
Army-McCarthy hearings
Eisenhower publicly denounced McCarthy
Television media
Joseph McCarthy was a senator for which state?
Texas
Wyoming
Wisconsin
South Carolina
Which of these individuals was a senior member of the 'old guard' (conservative element of the Republican party)?
Robert A. Taft
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Bill Rogers
Select the there reasons why Nixon can be considered an 'asset' to Eisenhower. (3)
Worked on H.U.A.C
Close to McCarthy
Congressman and Senator for California
Liked by Democrats
Able to carry support of conservative republicans
What is the name of the speech given by Nixon?
(a)
What was Ike's famous election tag line:
Make America Great Again
Put Ike on the Pike
I Like Ike
In what ways was Nixon a problem for Eisenhower (2):
Dirty tactics in previous elections (red baiting)
More popular among the people
Allegations of using a 'slush fund'
Secretly leaked information to Adlai Stevenson
Which southern states did Eisenhower carry in the 1952 election? (4)
Texas
South Carolina
Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
Who was Eisenhower's Democratic opponent in 1952?
Harry Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Richard Nixon
JFK
True or False: Eisenhower had recessions during his presidency?
True
False
What percentage of people lived below the 'poverty line' under Ike?
32%
25%
22%
20%
Which of these is correct of the 'Submerged Lands Act (1953)'?
Kept oil rights federally (for good of the country)
Gave oil rights to the states (benefitting some areas of USA)
