During the Eisenhower administration the Suez Canal was

a. seized and nationalized by Israel.

b. taken over by the united States.

c.closed by British and French ships.

d. closed to Europe by Egypt.

The United States refused to support national elections in Vietnam in 1956 because

a. The Soviets threatened to intervene if elections were held.

b. the election process violated the Geneva accords.

c. Ho chi minh was too leftist for the State Department.

d.There was a good chance for a communist victory.

The eisenhower Doctrine said the U.S. would prevent the spread of communism in

a.Latin america.

b. Europe

c.Asia.

d. The Mideast.

The Soviet premier from 1985-1964 was

a. N. Khrushchev.

 b. B. Yeltsin.

c.M. Gorbachev

d.J. Stalin.

Under Eisenhower, interventions abroad

a. sometimes used the Central Intelligence agency.

b.were always done with the cooperation of the air force.

c. Often used air strikes by the air force.

d always used large numbers of combat forces to show U.S. power.

Eisenhower's foreign policy has been described as

a. brinksmanship

b. timid.

c. isolationist.

d pro-Soviet.

The Geneva accords of 1954

a. divided Korea.

b.called for the U.S. to leave Vietnam.

c.Left Ho Chi Minh in charge of North Viethnam.

d. called for the recognition of Taiwan.

The U.S. responded to Sputnik by

a. provideing more aid to education.

b.creating the National aeronautics and Space Administration.

c. building more and bigger missiles.

d called for the recognition fo Taiwan.

d.

the long time Soviet leader who died in 1953 was

a. Nikita khrushchev.

b.vladimir Lenin.

c.Karl Marx.

d. Josef Stalin.

the staunch anti-communist secretary of state to president eisenhower was

a. John foster dulles

 b. John Glenn.

c.alan shepard.

d.allan Dulles.

 the head of the C.I.A. from 1953 to 1961 was

a. John Foster Dulles.

b.J ohn Glenn.

c. Alan shepard.

d. Allan Dulles.

The european nation invaded by the Soviet Union in 1956 was

a. Hungary.

b. Cxechoslovakia.

c. Yugoslavia.

d. austria.

The first american to circle the globe in orbit was

a. Alan Shepard.

b. John Dulles.

c. John Glenn.

d. Allan dulles.

The Egyptian leader at the time of the Suez crisis was

a. Jamal Abdul Nasser.

b. king Farouck.

c. Yasser Arafat.

d.Muhammad Ali.

The Latin american country where the C.I.A. helped lead a coup in 1954 was

a. Guatemala.

b. honduras.

c. Cuba.

d. Mexico.

The Argentine Physicaican who befriended Fidel Castro and help lead him to communism was

a. carlos Armas.

b. Jacobo Arbenz

c. Fulgencio Batista.

d.Ernesto guevara.

the incident that disrupted the plans for a summit between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1960 was

a. the Cubban Missile Crisis

b. the Suez Crisis

c.the U-2 incident.

d. The Hungarian Revolution.

the Soviet launching of Sputnik appeared so Frightening to the United States becasue if meant

a. a nuclear attack was imminent.

b. the U.S.S.R. had I.C.B.M.s.

c. no more peace summits could occur.

d. the Soviets had an atomic bomb.

N.A.S.A.

a. defense agreemnet with countries in southeast Asia.

b. a defense agreement with countries in Europe.

c. a U.S. organization responsible for developing

 missiles and conducting space exploration.

d. a U.S. agency that requlates big business.

The communist leader fighting against the U.S. in Vietnam in the 1950s was

a. Ho Chi Minh

b. Emilio Aguinaldo

c. Mao Zadong.

d.Chiang Kai-shek.

The military alliance between the U.S. and several southeast Asian countries in the 1960s was

a. N.A.T.O.

b. N.A.S.A.

 c. SEATO

d. F.D.I.C.

the Cuban leader who came to power in 1959 and then turned Cuba into a communist state was

a Fulgencio Batista.

b. Jacobo Arbenz.

Carlos Armas.

d Fidel Castro.

The plane that became America's primary bomber in the 1950s was the

a. B-52

b. B-29

c. Polaris

d. U-2