Extra Quiz: Chapter 37
1. Dwight Eisenhower won the presidency in 1952 running against:
2. Eisenhower's 1952 victory was the first Republican presidential win since:
3. The Korean War ended in an armistice in:
4. "Modern Republicanism" described Eisenhower's approach of:
5. Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned which earlier ruling?
6. The NAACP attorney who argued Brown v. Board before the Supreme Court was:
7. Many southern school districts responded to Brown v. Board with:
8. Rosa Parks's arrest in December 1955 sparked the:
9. The Montgomery Bus Boycott propelled which leader to national prominence?
10. The governor who tried to block the Little Rock Nine from Central High School was:
11. Eisenhower responded to the Little Rock crisis by sending in the:
12. The Interstate Highway Act of 1956 was justified in part as a:
13. The interstate highway system helped accelerate:
14. Sputnik I, launched in October 1957, was the world's first:
15. Sputnik fueled American fears of a supposed:
16. NASA was created in 1958 to:
17. The National Defense Education Act (1958) funded improved instruction in:
18. Fidel Castro overthrew which Cuban dictator in January 1959?
19. After taking power, Castro's government moved toward alignment with:
20. The covert plan to remove Castro that Eisenhower authorized was later carried out under Kennedy as the:
21. The 1960 U-2 incident involved the shooting down of an American spy plane piloted by:
22. The U-2 incident wrecked a planned summit between Eisenhower and:
23. In his farewell address, Eisenhower warned against the growing power of the:
24. Overall, Eisenhower's two terms were generally characterized by:
25. Who succeeded Eisenhower as president in January 1961?
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