Dwight D Eisenhower

Question 1

What was Eisenhowers nickname?

Answer 1

Eik

Question 2

Who was President Eisenhower?

Answer 2

Dwight D Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States.

Question 3

When was Eisenhower president?

Answer 3

Eisenhower was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.

Question 4

What was President Eisenhower’s background?

Answer 4

❖Eisenhower was a member of the US armed forces throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
❖He was a general in the army during the Second World War and was in charge of the D-Day landings in 1944.
❖He became the supreme commander of NATO in December 1950.
❖His war record helped him secure the presidency.

Question 5

What were the key events of Eisenhower’s presidency?

Answer 5

❖In 1953 he helped negotiate an armistice that brought peace to Korea.
❖He committed the USA to protecting South Vietnam from communism in 1953.
❖He was in power during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by Rosa Parks, which lasted for 12 months between 1955 and 1956.
❖In 1957 he signed the Civil Rights Act and set up a permanent Civil Rights Commission.

Question 6

What were Eisenhower’s beliefs about the Cold War?

Answer 6

Eisenhower was anti-communist and committed to the policy of containment. He articulated the concept of the ‘Domino Theory’.