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