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When was a U-2 downed over the Soviet Union?
May 1, 1960
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What was the downed U-2 gathering intelligence in advance of?
East–West summit conference
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Where was the East-West summit to have taken place?
Paris
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What was the rank of the pilot of the downed U-2?
Captain
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What did the Eisenhower administration refer to the downed U-2 as?
weather research aircraft
[ "Dwight_D._Eisenhower\n\nSoviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev announced that a \"spy-plane\" had been shot down but intentionally made no reference to the pilot. As a result, the Eisenhower Administration, thinking the pilot had died in the crash, authorized the release of a cover story claiming that the plane was a \"...
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Where did the Eisenhower administration say that the downed U-2 was intended to be flying?
Turkey
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According to the cover story, what did the "weather research" pilot have trouble with?
oxygen equipment
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What happened to Powers in the Soviet Union?
trial
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What did Khrushchev refer to the U-2 as?
spy-plane
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Along with Eisenhower, Macmillan and de Gaulle, what leader attended the Four Powers Paris Summit?
Nikita Khrushchev
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What did Khrushchev demand that Eisenhower do?
apologize
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Along with reducing nuclear weapons, what was to have been the topic of conversation at the Four Power Paris Summit?
Berlin
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What did Eisenhower blame for ruining the summit?
stupid U-2 business
[ "Dwight_D._Eisenhower\n\nThe 1960 Four Power Paris Summit between President Dwight Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Harold Macmillan and Charles de Gaulle collapsed because of the incident. Eisenhower refused to accede to Khrushchev's demands that he apologize. Therefore, Khrushchev would not take part in the summit....
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In what year was the Four Power Paris Summit intended to take place?
1960
[ "Dwight_D._Eisenhower\n\nThe 1960 Four Power Paris Summit between President Dwight Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Harold Macmillan and Charles de Gaulle collapsed because of the incident. Eisenhower refused to accede to Khrushchev's demands that he apologize. Therefore, Khrushchev would not take part in the summit....
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Which president initially began to desegregate the US military?
Truman
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When did the desegregation of the United States Armed Forces begin?
1948
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When did Eisenhower deliver his first State of the Union?
February 1953
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What control did Eisenhower use to push through desegregation?
military spending
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In what geographical area did Eisenhower promise to end desegregation in his State of the Union address?
District of Columbia
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Who did Eisenhower tell DC officials to integrate?
school children
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What was the first civil rights act proposed to Congress by Eisenhower?
Civil Rights Act of 1957
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In what year did Eisenhower propose his second civil rights act?
1960
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What sort of commission did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 establish?
Civil Rights Commission
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Under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, what federal department contained a civil rights office?
Justice
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What state refused to integrate its schools in 1957?
Arkansas
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What military unit was sent from outside of Arkansas to oversee desegregation?
101st Airborne Division
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What Arkansas militia unit did Eisenhower federalize in 1957?
Arkansas National Guard
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Who was the governor of Arkansas in 1957?
Orval Faubus
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How many black students were escorted by the 101st Airborne to Little Rock Central High School?
nine
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In what year did Joseph McCarthy declare that the federal government was employing communists?
1953
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What did Eisenhower do when he was encouraged to respond to McCarthy's accusations?
he refused
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Why did Eisenhower ignore McCarthy?
facilitate relations with Congress
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What organization did Eisenhower want to keep from being one of McCarthy's targets?
Atomic Energy Commission
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What was the AEC working on at this time?
H-bombs
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What AEC scientists counseled delaying the development of the hydrogen bomb?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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What did Eisenhower do to Oppenheimer after he said that the hydrogen bomb should be delayed?
removed him from the agency and revoked his security clearance
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What did McCarthy threaten to do in May of 1955?
issue subpoenas to White House personnel
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What tradition was fostered by Eisenhower's reaction to McCarthy's subpoena threats?
executive privilege
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Eisenhower denied McCarthy access to the personnel of what branch of the federal government?
Executive
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Who won a Senate majority in 1954?
Democrats
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After the 1954 election, who was the Speaker of the House?
Sam Rayburn
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Who was made Senate Majority Leader after the 1954 election?
Lyndon B. Johnson
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What state were Johnson and Rayburn from?
Texas
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Who was Speaker of the House between 1953 and 1955?
Joe Martin
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What did Martin think Eisenhower did too much of in his relations with Congress?
worked too much through subordinates
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As a result of Eisenhower's actions toward Congress, what did Martin think Congress often gave him?
reverse of what he has desired
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Who did Martin think Eisenhower should have made better use of?
Republicans of consequence
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What were Harlan and Stewart's party affiliations?
Republicans
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What party did Brennan belong to?
Democrat
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Who did Eisenhower nominate for Chief Justice?
Warren
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What sort of decisions did Warren favor on the Supreme Court?
liberal
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Along with liberals, who was Eisenhower trying to appeal to with the Warren pick?
law-and-order conservatives
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Where did Eisenhower pick up the habit of smoking?
West Point
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How many cigarettes did Eisenhower smoke daily at West Point?
two or three packs
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When did Eisenhower stop smoking completely?
March 1949
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Who was Eisenhower's employer when he gave up smoking?
Columbia
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Who was the cardiologist who treated Eisenhower after his heart attack?
Paul Dudley White
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What caused Eisenhower's stroke of 1957?
left ventricular aneurysm
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Where was Eisenhower when he suffered a stroke in 1957?
cabinet meeting
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What couldn't Eisenhower move as a result of his stroke?
right hand
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What is Crohn's disease?
chronic inflammatory condition of the intestine
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Why did Eisenhower need surgery on June 9, 1956?
bowel obstruction
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What August 1965 event caused Eisenhower to drop out of public life?
heart attack
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For what ailment did Eisenhower receive surgery in 1966?
cholecystitis
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What did Eisenhower have removed via surgery on December 12, 1966?
gallbladder
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In what year did Eisenhower die?
1969
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How many heart attacks did Eisenhower have between 1955 and 1969?
seven
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Who did Eisenhower endorse for president in 1960?
Richard Nixon
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Who was the Democratic candidate for president in 1960?
John F. Kennedy
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How old was Eisenhower in 1960?
70
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Who was the youngest person elected to the United States presidency?
Kennedy
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Who won the US presidential election of 1960?
Kennedy
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On what date did Eisenhower deliver his farewell speech?
January 17, 1961
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In his farewell speech, what complex did Eisenhower warn the American people of?
military–industrial
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What war did Eisenhower talk about in his Address to the Nation?
Cold
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From where did Eisenhower deliver his farewell speech?
Oval Office
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What term did Eisenhower use to describe the character of communism?
atheistic
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What town did Eisenhower retire to after his presidency?
Gettysburg
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What Pennsylvania county did Eisenhower grow up in?
Dauphin
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Who did Eisenhower donate his farm to in 1967?
National Park Service
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Who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1964?
Barry Goldwater
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What did Barry Goldwater call Eisenhower?
dime-store New Dealer
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How old was Eisenhower when he died?
78
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At what facility did Eisenhower die?
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
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What was Eisenhower's cause of death?
congestive heart failure
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What was Eisenhower's date of death?
March 28, 1969
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What Christian denomination did Eisenhower belong to?
Episcopal
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When did Eisenhower's funeral train arrive in Abilene, Kansas?
April 2
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At what location was Eisenhower buried?
Eisenhower Presidential Library
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What was the cost of Eisenhower's casket?
$80
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What color jacket was Eisenhower buried in?
green
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When did Mamie Eisenhower die?
1979
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In popular memory, what sport was Eisenhower known for playing?
golf
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What did critics feel that Eisenhower should have opposed in public?
McCarthyism
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Where was Central High school located?
Little Rock
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How did critics characterize Kennedy in comparison to Eisenhower?
vigorous young successor
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What nation was considered the leader in the nuclear arms race?
Soviet Union
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From where did Eisenhower get the idea of a White House Chief of Staff?
United States Army
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Who was the last president not to appoint a Chief of Staff?
Lyndon Johnson
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Along with Ford, what president initially didn't appoint a Chief of Staff but later did?
Jimmy Carter
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