Dwight Eisenhower becomes US President
  • 1. When did Dwight D. Eisenhower become the President of the United States?
A) 1953
B) 1960
C) 1975
D) 1945
  • 2. Which political party did Dwight D. Eisenhower represent when he ran for president?
A) Libertarian
B) Republican
C) Independent
D) Democratic
  • 3. In which war did Dwight D. Eisenhower serve as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe?
A) Vietnam War
B) World War II
C) World War I
D) Korean War
  • 4. Which state was Dwight D. Eisenhower born in?
A) California
B) Texas
C) Kansas
D) New York
  • 5. Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower's vice president during his presidency?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Harry Truman
  • 6. What major infrastructure project was initiated during Eisenhower's presidency to improve transportation?
A) Interstate Highway System
B) Golden Gate Bridge
C) Transcontinental Railroad
D) Panama Canal
  • 7. Which government program did Eisenhower implement to support education and innovation in the United States?
A) National Defense Education Act
B) New Deal
C) Manhattan Project
D) Great Society
  • 8. Where did Dwight D. Eisenhower retire to after leaving the presidency?
A) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
B) Nashville, Tennessee
C) Aspen, Colorado
D) Miami, Florida
  • 9. What was Eisenhower's famous farewell address warning about?
A) Foreign interventionism
B) Communist infiltration
C) Military-industrial complex
D) Nuclear proliferation
  • 10. Eisenhower appointed which Chief Justice to the Supreme Court?
A) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) John Roberts
D) Earl Warren
  • 11. Which space agency was established during Eisenhower's presidency?
A) ESA
B) ISRO
C) NASA
D) Roscosmos
  • 12. Eisenhower implemented policies that became known as what kind of economics?
A) Supply-side Economics
B) Keynesian Economics
C) Modern Republicanism
D) New Deal Economics
  • 13. Which landmark Supreme Court case happened during Eisenhower's presidency that desegregated public schools?
A) Brown v. Board of Education
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Roe v. Wade
D) Gideon v. Wainwright
  • 14. What was Dwight D. Eisenhower's nickname during his presidency?
A) General E
B) Ike
C) D-Dawg
D) Dwightie
  • 15. In which state is the Eisenhower Presidential Library located?
A) Texas
B) Illinois
C) California
D) Kansas
  • 16. Who was Eisenhower's opponent in the presidential election of 1952?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Harry Truman
C) Adlai Stevenson
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 17. Which foreign leader did Eisenhower famously meet with in 1959 during the 'Kitchen Debate'?
A) Nikita Khrushchev
B) Fidel Castro
C) Mao Zedong
D) Winston Churchill
  • 18. During Eisenhower's presidency, the United States engaged in a cold war with which other global superpower?
A) United Kingdom
B) Soviet Union
C) China
D) Germany
  • 19. What was the name of the presidential doctrine introduced by Eisenhower that prioritized military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism?
A) Truman Doctrine
B) Eisenhower Doctrine
C) Roosevelt Doctrine
D) Monroe Doctrine
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